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... let everyone regard himself as the steward of God in all things which he possesses.
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Whenever the Lord holds us in suspense, and delays his aid, he is not therefore asleep, but, on the contrary, regulates all His works in such a manner that he does nothing but at the proper time.
John Calvin
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Faith and patience are exceptional virtues in those that suffer. Patience is the fruit and evidence of faith.
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In the maxims of the law, God is seen as the rewarder of perfect righteousness and the avenger of sin. But in Christ, His face shines out, full of grace and gentleness to poor, unworthy sinners.
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The true wisdom of man consists in the knowledge of God the creator and Redeemer.
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The gospel is not a doctrine of the tongue, but of life.
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Prayer is the chief exercise of faith.
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For what accords better and more aptly with faith than to acknowledge ourselves divested of all virtue that we may be clothed by God, devoid of all goodness that we may be filled by him, the slaves of sin that he may give us freedom, blind that he may enlighten, lame that he may cure, and feeble that he may sustain us; to strip ourselves of all ground of glorying that he alone may shine forth glorious, and we be glorified in him?
John Calvin
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The Gospel acts without threats... it teaches us about the supreme goodwill of God towards us.
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If we are proud of our talents we betray our lack of gratitude to God.
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To will is human, to will the bad is of fallen nature, but to will the good is of Grace.
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He who has learned to look to God in everything he does is at the same time diverted from all vain thoughts.
John Calvin -
When I took the leap, I had faith I would find a net; Instead I learned I could fly.
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Prayer doesn't change things - God changes things in answer to prayer.
John Calvin
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It would be the height of absurdity to label ignorance tempered by humility "faith"! (Institutio III.2.3)
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We can experience joy in adverse circumstances by holding God's benefits in such esteem that the recognition of them and meditation upon them shall overcome all sorrow.
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I don't need to compromise my principles, because they don't have the slightest bearing on what happens to me anyway.
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You cannot imagine a more certain rule or a more powerful suggestion than this, that all the blessings we enjoy are divine deposits which we have received on this condition that we distribute them to others.
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Assuredly there is but one way in which to achieve what is not merely difficult but utterly against human nature: to love those who hate us, to repay their evil deeds with benefits, to return blessings for reproaches. It is that we remember not to consider men's evil intention but to look upon the image of God in them, which cancels and effaces their transgressions, and with its beauty and dignity allures us to love and embrace them.
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This is what entertainment is all about- idiots, explosives and falling anvils.
John Calvin
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Bien que les étoiles ne parlent pas, même en étant silencieux, ils crient. Although the stars do not speak, even in being silent they cry out.
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Justification by faith is the hinge on which all true religion turns.
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We have been adopted as sons by the Lord with this one condition; that our life expresses Christ, the bond of our adoption. Accordingly, unless we give and devote ourselves to righteousness, we not only revolt from our Creator with wicked perfidy, but we also abjure our Savior Himself.
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If grace acts in us, grace, and not we who do the work, will be crowned.
John Calvin