Praying and sinning will never live together in the same heart. Prayer will consume sin, or sin will choke prayer.
J. C. RYLESin forsaken is one of the best evidences of sin forgiven.
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Pride is the oldest and most common of sins. Humility is the rarest and most beautiful of graces.
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Imagination is the hotbed where this sin is too often hatched. Guard your thoughts, and there will be little fear about your actions.
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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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The true secret of spiritual strength is self-distrust and deep humilty.
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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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Fathers and mothers, do not forget that children learn more by the eye than they do by the ear… Imitation is a far stronger principle with children than memory. What they see has a much stronger effect on their minds than what they are told.
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Let us strive, every year we live, to become more deeply acquainted with Scripture.
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Faith in the Lord Jesus is the only sure medicine for troubled hearts.
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If you want to find out how much someone loves you, find out how much they pray for you.
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A Christian is a walking sermon. They preach far more than a minister does, for they preach all week long.
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Happiness does not depend on outward circumstances, but on the state of the heart.
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The world’s idea of greatness is to rule, but Christian greatness consists in serving.
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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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Wealth is no mark of God’s favor. Poverty is no mark of God’s displeasure.
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It 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”.
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