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Trials are intended to make us think, to wean us from the world, to send us to the Bible, to drive us to our knees.

J. C. Ryle

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.
J. C. RYLE

Better Expectation God Representation World
Except a man be born again, he will wish one day he had never been born at all.
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Born Day Himself Man
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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Empty Goodness Himself Time Wait
Love should be the silver thread that runs through all your conduct.
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Body Love Yourself
We must read our Bibles like men digging for hidden treasure.
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Hide Man Reading Treasure
God knew what we were before conversion – wicked, guilty, and defiled; yet He loved us. He knows what we will be after conversion – weak, erring, and frail; yet He loves us.
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Conversion God Guilty Himself Love Weakness
Laughter, ridicule, opposition, persecution, are often the only reward which Christ’s followers get from the world.
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Follow Laughter Religious Reward World
The fear of punishment, the desire of reward, the sense of duty, are all useful arguments, in their way, to persuade people to holiness. But they are all weak and powerless, until a person loves Christ.
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Argument Fear Holy People Punishment Reward
We know but little of true Christianity, if we don’t feel a deep concern about the souls of unconverted people.
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Feeling People Religion Soul True
It must not content us to take our bodies to church if we leave our hearts at home.
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Body Heart Home Religion Satisfaction
To be prayerless is to be without God, without Christ, without grace, without hope, and without heaven.
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God Grace Heaven Hope Prayer
Beware of manufacturing a God of your own: a God who is all mercy, but not just. Such a God is an idol of your own.
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God Idol Manufacture Mercy Yourself
No one ever said at the end of his days; ‘I have read my bible too much, I have thought of God too much, I have prayed too much, I have been too careful with my soul’
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Care Day End God Myself Reading Soul Thinking
Trials are intended to make us think, to wean us from the world, to send us to the Bible, to drive us to our knees.
J. C. RYLE

Drive Ourselves Religion Thinking Trial World
Why is a believer patient? Because he looks for the coming of the Lord…He waits quietly for the King.
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Believe Himself Patience Quiet Wait
There is a common, worldly kind of Christianity in this day, which many have, and think they have enough-a cheap Christianity which offends nobody, and requires no sacrifice-which costs nothing, and is worth nothing.
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Kind Offend Religious Sacrifice World Worth

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