Prayer is as the pitcher that fetcheth water from the brook, therewith to water the herbs: break the pitcher and it will fetch no water, and for want of water the garden withers.
– John Bunyan –
1628-1688
The Power of Prayer – John Bunyan
Thanksgiving for Mercy – John Bunyan
A sensible thanksgiving for mercies received is a mighty prayer in the Spirit of God. It prevails with Him unspeakably.
– John Bunyan –
Christians Nourish Each Other – John Bunyan
Christians are like the several flowers in a garden that have each of them the dew of heaven, which, being shaken with the wind, they let fall at each other’s roots, whereby they are jointly nourished, and become nourishers of each other.
– John Bunyan –
Temptations Transformed From Lions to Honey – John Bunyan
Temptations, when we meet them at first, are as the lion that reared upon Samson; but if we overcome them, the next time we see them we shall find a nest of honey within them.
– John Bunyan –
Pray With Heart – John Bunyan
When you pray, rather let your hearts be without words, than your words without a heart.
– John Bunyan –
1628-1688
No One Is Beyond the Reach of God’s Mercy – John Bunyan
They think themselves beyond the reach of his mercy. Wherefore in answer to this conceit it is, that the Lord asketh, saying, “Is my hand shortened at all that it cannot redeem?” (Isaiah 50:2)
– John Bunyan –
from All Loves Excelling, 1692
Jesus Christ to Love Man – John Bunyan
What we have under consideration, is so much the more to be taken of; namely that a person so great, so high, so glorious, as this Jesus Christ was, should have love for us, that passes knowledge. It is common for equals to love, and for superiors to be beloved; but for the King of princes, for the Son of God, for Jesus Christ to love man thus: this is amazing, and that so much the more, for that man the object of this love, is so low, so mean, so vile, so undeserving, and so inconsiderable, as by the Scriptures, everywhere he is described to be.
– John Bunyan –
from All Loves Excelling, 1692
Don’t Pray Without Heart – John Bunyan
When thou prayest, rather let thy heart be without words, than thy words without a heart.
– John Bunyan –
Discover This Love – John Bunyan
Though the love that is in Him is essential to His nature, and can vary no more than God himself: yet we see not this love but by the fruits of it, nor can it otherwise be discerned. “Hereby perceive we the love of God, because he laid down his life for us” (1 John 3:16). We must then betake ourselves to the discoveries of this love.
– John Bunyan –
from All Loves Excelling, 1692