Quotes from John Calvin

The church is the gathering of God's children, where they can be helped and fed like babies and then guided by her motherly care, grow up to manhood in maturity of faith.

It is certain that not one drop of rain falls without God's sure command.

If we are proud of our talents we betray our lack of gratitude to God.

Nobody seriously believes the universe was made by God without being persuaded that He takes care of His works.

It behooves us to accomplish what God requires of us, even when we are in the greatest despair respecting the results.

Creatures are so governed by the secret counsel of God, that nothing happens but what he has knowingly and willingly decreed.

Let us fall before the majesty of our great God, acknowledging our faults, and praying that he will make us ever more conscious of them.

But a faithful believer will in all circumstances mediate on the mercy and fatherly goodness of God.

In knowing God, each of us also knows himself.

The principle exercise which the children of god have is to pray. For in this way they give true proof of their faith.

A soul, therefore, when deprived of the Word of God, is given up unarmed to the devil for destruction

Moreover, a true Christian will not ascribe any prosperity to his own diligence, industry, or good fortune, but he will acknowledge that God is the author of it.

Prayers belong strictly to the worship of God. Fasting is a subordinate aid, which is pleasing to God no farther than as it aids the earnestness and fervency of prayer.

There is no erratic power or action or motion in creatures but they are governed by God's secret plan in such a way that nothing happens except what is knowingly and willingly decreed by Him.

If everything proceeded according to their wishes, they would not understand what it means to follow God.

It is a very important consideration that we are consecrated and dedicated to God; it means that we may think, speak, meditate, or do anything only with a view to his glory.

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.

No Task will be so sordid and base, provided you obey your calling in it, that it will not shine and be reckoned very precious in God's sight.

If we are given gold, would we not test it to determine it's value? If we doubted its genuineness - we would test it by fire...and so God with us.

But as a heathen tells us, there is no nation so barbarous, no race so brutish as not to be imbued with the conviction that there is a God.

Seeing God hath thus set us at liberty, what rashness it is for worms of the earth to make new laws; as though God had not been wise enough.

It is not lawful for you to make a compromise with God: to try to fulfill part of your duties and to omit others at your own pleasure.

The highest honor in the church is not government but service.

It cannot be denied that God in choosing and destining Mary to be the Mother of his Son, granted her the highest honor.