John Calvin Quotes That Will Encourage, Comfort, Motivate And Inspire You
“Men will never worship God with a sincere heart or be roused to fear and obey Him with sufficient zeal, until they properly understand how much they are indebted to His mercy.”
“All things are of God; and, therefore, why should it not be lawful to dedicate to his glory everything that can properly be employed for such a purpose?”
“Let this be our rule for goodwill and helpfulness, that whenever we are able to assist others, we should behave as stewards who must someday give an account of ourselves.”
“Joy is a quiet gladness of heart as one contemplates the goodness of God’s saving grace in Christ Jesus.”
“Scripture is like a pair of spectacles which dispels the darkness and gives us a clear view of God.”
“No one can get even the slightest taste of right and sound doctrine unless he be a pupil of Scripture.”
“To make intercession for men is the most powerful and practical way in which we can express our love for them.”
“We shall never be clothed with the righteousness of Christ except we first know assuredly that we have no righteousness of our own”
“Being humbled, we learn to call upon his strength which alone makes us stand up under such a load of afflictions.”
“Unless we fix certain hours in the day for prayer, it easily slips from our memory.”
“It is, therefore, faith alone which justifies, and yet the faith which justifies is not alone.”
“There is not one little blade of grass, there is no color in this world that is not intended to make men rejoice.”
“We are not thus convinced if we look merely to ourselves and not also to the Lord, who is the sole standard by which this judgment must be measured.”
“Let the first rule of right prayer then be, to have our heart and mind framed as becomes those who are entering into converse with God.”
“Our true wisdom is to embrace with meek docility, and without reservation, whatever the holy scriptures have delivered.”
“When God wants to judge a nation, He gives them wicked rulers.”
“I gave up all for Christ, and what have I found? Everything in Christ.”
“Let our chief goal, O God, be your glory, and to enjoy You forever.”
“The word “hope” I take for faith, and indeed hope is nothing else but the constancy of faith.”
“But a faithful believer will in all circumstances mediate on the mercy and fatherly goodness of God.”
“How do we know that God has elected us before the creation of the world? By believing in Jesus Christ.”
“That we may be prepared to receive all his benefits with true gratitude and thanksgiving, while our prayers remind us that they proceed from his hand.”
“However many blessings we expect from God, His infinite liberality will always exceed all our wishes and our thoughts.”
“Joy and thanksgiving expressed in prayer and praise according to the Word of God are the heart of the Church’s worship.”
“There is no knowing that does not begin with knowing God.”
“Humility is the beginning of true intelligence.”
“It is a most blessed thing to be subject to the sovereignty of Lord.”
“The Scriptures should be read with the aim of finding Christ in them. Whoever turns aside from this object, even though he wears himself out all his life in learning, he will never reach the knowledge of the truth.”
“We should ask God to increase our hope when it is small, awaken it when it is dormant, confirm it when it is wavering, strengthen it when it is weak, and raise it up when it is overthrown.”
“Christ is the most perfect image of God, into which we are so renewed as to bear the image of God, in knowledge, purity, righteousness, and true holiness.”
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