“Thus you see that a rainbow is round about the throne of grace, and what this rainbow is. Look then, when you go to prayer, for the throne; and that you may not be deceived with a fancy, look for the rainbow too. The rainbow, that is, as I have said, the personal performances of [...]
Posts Tagged ‘John Bunyan’
Look For The Rainbow
Posted in Quotes, tagged Covenant, Faith, Grace, Jesus Christ, John Bunyan, Justification, Obedience, Prayer, Rainbow, Righteousness on November 12, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
The Meritorious Cause of All the Grace We Enjoy
Posted in Quotes, tagged Atonement, Grace, Jesus Christ, John Bunyan, Sacrifice, Sin on October 6, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
“That scripture also gives us a little light herein, ‘And I beheld, lo! in the midst of the throne…stood a Lamb, as it had been slain’ (Rev. 5:6). This is to show the cause why grace is so freely shown to us, even for that there stands there, in the midst of the throne, and [...]
Three Marks of Right Prayer
Posted in Quotes, tagged Desires, Glory, Grace, Holiness of God, Jesus Christ, John Bunyan, Joy, Love, Pleasure, Prayer, Satisfaction, Sin, Theology, Wisdom on August 5, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
“I know if the grace of God be in you, it will be as natural to you to groan out your condition, as it is for a suckling child to cry for the breast. Prayer is one of the first things that discovers a man to be a Christian (Acts 9:12). But yet if it [...]
Counsel to Fully Express Yourself Before the Lord in Prayer
Posted in Quotes, tagged Atonement, Grace, Heart, Jesus Christ, John Bunyan, Love, Meditation, Prayer, Promises, Sin, The Cross, The Gospel, Words on August 3, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
“If you would more fully express yourself before the Lord, study, first, your fallen estate; secondly, God’s promises; thirdly, the heart of Christ, which you may know or discern by his condescension and bloodshedding, also by mercy he has formerly extended to great sinners. Plead your own vileness, by way of bemoaning, Christ’s blood by [...]
The Willingness That is in the Heart of God to Save Sinners
Posted in Quotes, tagged Jesus Christ, John Bunyan, Love, Prayer, Repentance, Salvation on July 25, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
“There is nothing that will press the soul more to seek after God, and to cry for pardon, than an understanding of the willingness that is in the heart of God to save sinners. If a man should see a pearl worth an hundred pounds lie in a ditch, yet if he understood not the [...]
The Necessity of the Spirit to Pray and Continue in Prayer
Posted in Quotes, tagged Books, Grace, Heart, Holy Spirit, Jesus Christ, John Bunyan, Prayer on January 27, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
“As the heart must be lifted up by the Spirit, if it pray aright, so also it must be held up the Spirit when it is up, if it is to continue to pray aright. I do not know what or how it is with others’ hearts, whether they be lifted up by the Spirit [...]
Prayer is More Than Words
Posted in Quotes, tagged Affections, Desires, Heart, Holy Spirit, John Bunyan, Prayer, Scripture, Sincerity on August 19, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
“The soul that rightly prays, it must be in and with the help and strength of the Spirit; because it is impossible that a man should express himself in prayer without it. By this I mean that it is impossible that the heart, in a sincere and affectionate way, should pour out itself before God, [...]
A Puritan’s View of Lust
Posted in Book Review, Quotes, tagged Atonement, Books, Grace, Holiness of God, Jesus Christ, John Bunyan, John Flavel, John Owen, Lust, Matthew Henry, Sin, The Gospel, Wrath of God on July 31, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Impure Lust is a small book from Banner of Truth‘s Pocket Puritans series. The author, John Flavel, addresses the sin of lust for the first half of the book (46 pages) and the second half was a concise introduction to Flavel’s life and his writings (34 pages). The book breaks down into ten arguments to [...]
