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" The goose that lays the golden eggs likes to lay where there are eggs already. "

Charles Spurgeon

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" I believe that nothing happens apart from divine determination and decree. We shall never be able to escape from the doctrine of divine predestination - the doctrine that God has foreordained certain people unto eternal life. "

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" I desire to press forward for direction to my Master in all things; but as to trusting to my own obedience and righteousness, I should be worse than a fool and ten times worse than a madman. "

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" I do not doubt that we would become more useful if we praised God more, and others would join us, for they would see that God has blessed us. "

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" There is no injustice in the grace of God. God is as just when He forgives a believer as when He casts a sinner into hell. "

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" You and I, the people of God, have permission to come before the throne of Heaven at any time we will, and we are encouraged to come there with great boldness. "

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" Lord Jesus, we come just as we are; this is how we came at first, and this is how we come still, with all our failures, with all our transgressions, with all and everything that is what it ought not to be, we come to Thee. "

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" It is not how much we have, but how much we enjoy, that makes happiness. "

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" However weak we are, however poor, however little our faith, or however small our grace may be, our names are still written on His heart; nor shall we lose our share in Jesus' love. "

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" You might not always get what you want, but you always get what you expect. "

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" Now I will say this to every sinner, though he should think himself to be the worst sinner who ever lived: cry to the Lord and seek Him while He may be found. A throne of grace is a place fitted for you. By simple faith, go to your Savior, for He is the throne of grace. "

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" The three most powerful and most apparent means used by Rome to retain her power over the minds of her votaries are Ignorance, Superstition, and Persecution. "

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" We are in a wrong state of mind if we are not in a thankful state of mind. "

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" Few men would dare to read their own autobiography if all their deeds were recorded in it; few can look back upon their entire career without a blush. "

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" There are some Christian people who taste and see and enjoy religion in their own souls, and who get at a deeper knowledge of it than books can ever give them, though they should search all their days. "

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" True prayer is neither a mere mental exercise nor a vocal performance. It is far deeper than that - it is spiritual transaction with the Creator of Heaven and Earth. "

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" Grow in the root of all grace, which is faith. Believe God's promises more firmly than ever. Allow your faith to increase in its fullness, firmness, and simplicity. "

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" 'You are no saint,' says the devil. Well, if I am not, I am a sinner, and Jesus Christ came into the world to save sinners. Sink or swim, I go to Him; other hope, I have none. "

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" When we tell the story of our own conversion, I would have it done with great sorrow, remembering what we used to be, and with great joy and gratitude, remembering how little we deserve these things. "

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" We have come to a turning point in the road. If we turn to the right mayhap our children and our children's children will go that way; but if we turn to the left, generations yet unborn will curse our names for having been unfaithful to God and to His Word. "

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" Lord keep us all from sin. Teach us how to walk circumspectly; enable us to guard our minds against error of doctrine, our hearts against wrong feelings, and our lives against evil actions. "

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" Let it be our delight to find our society in the circle of which Jesus is the center, and let us make those our friends who are the friends of Jesus. "

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" We have lived long enough to experience the hollowness of earth and the rottenness of all carnal promises. "

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" In spiritual things, it is God who performs all things for you. Rest in Him, then. "

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" Alas! You complain that your soul is out of tune. Then ask the Master to tune the heart-strings. "

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" We object not to the narration of the deeds of our unregenerate condition, but to the mode in which it is too often done. Let sin have its monument, but let it be a heap of stones cast by the hands of execration - not a mausoleum erected by the hands of affection. "

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" Beware of no man more than of yourself; we carry our worst enemies within us. "

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" The wounds of calumny, the reproaches of the proud, the venom of the bigoted, the treachery of the false, and the weakness of the true, we have known in our measure; and therein have had communion with our Lord Jesus. "

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" I do not think I should care to go on worshipping a Madonna even if she did wink. One cannot make much out of a wink. We want something more than that from the object of our adoration. "

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" Has Jesus saved me? I dare not speak with any hesitation here; I know He has. His Word is true; therefore, I am saved. "

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" All the goodness I have within me is totally from the Lord alone. When I sin, it is from me and is done on my own, but when I act righteously, it is wholly and completely of God. "

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