Never be satisfied with the world’s standard of Christianity!
J. C. RYLEIt was the whole Trinity, which at the beginning of creation said, “Let us make man”. It was the whole Trinity again, which at the beginning of the Gospel seemed to say, “Let us save man”.
More J. C. Ryle Quotes
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Just as the first sign of life in an infant when born into the world is the act of breathing, so the first act of men and women when they are born again is praying.
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Fear not because your prayer is stammering, your words feeble, and your language poor. Jesus can understand you.
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I fear we are in danger of forgetting that to HAVE the Bible is one thing, and to READ it quite another.
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That preaching is sadly defective which dwells exclusively on the mercies of God and the joys of heaven, yet never sets forth the terrors of the Lord and the miseries of hell.
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Nothing perhaps affects man’s character more than the company he keeps
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The Lord Jesus is “a friend who never changes.” There is no fickleness about Him: those whom He loves, He loves to the end.
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The world’s idea of greatness is to rule, but Christian greatness consists in serving.
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Let us never forget that our chief danger is from within. The world and the devil combined, cannot do us as much harm as our own hearts will, if we do not watch and pray.
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What is the best safeguard against false doctrine? The Bible regularly read, regularly prayed over, regularly studied.
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Let it never surprise true Christians if they are slandered and misrepresented in this world. They must not expect to fare better than their Lord.
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There are eternal consequences resulting from all our thoughts, words and actions, of which we take far too little account.
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A religion that costs nothing is worth nothing. A cheap Christianity, without a cross, will prove in the end a useless Christianity, without a crown.
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The Gospel was not meant merely to reside in our intellect, memories, and tongues, but to be seen in our lives.
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Jesus hears us, and in His own good time will give an answer… He may sometimes keep us long waiting…but He will never send us empty away.
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Praying and sinning will never live together in the same heart. Prayer will consume sin, or sin will choke prayer.
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