God is far more willing to save sinners than sinners are to be saved.
J. C. RYLEThe 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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If you love Christ, never be ashamed to let others see it and know it. Speak for Him. Witness for Him. Live for Him.
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Never let us be guilty of sacrificing any portion of truth on the altar of peace.
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It must not content us to take our bodies to church if we leave our hearts at home.
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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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My chief desire in all my writings, is to exalt the Lord Jesus Christ and make Him beautiful and glorious in the eyes of people; and to promote the increase of repentance, faith, and holiness upon earth.
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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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Your trials, crosses, and conflicts are all temporary.
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Our Lord has many weak children in his family, many dull pupils in his school, many raw soldiers in his army, many lame sheep in his flock. Yet he bears with them all, and casts none away. Happy is that Christian who has learned to do likewise with his brethren.
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Do not glory in your own faith, your own feelings, your own knowledge, or your own diligence. Glory in nothing but Christ.
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If God has given His Son to die for us, let us beware of doubting His kindness and love in any painful providence of our daily life.
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Whatever you read, read the Bible first. Beware of bad books: there are plenty in this day. Take heed what you read.
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Let your Christianity be so unmistakable, your eye so single, your heart so whole, your walk so straightforward, that all who see you may have no doubt whose you are, and whom you serve.
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Let us resolve by God’s grace, that however poor and feeble our prayers may seem to be, we will pray on.
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Let us be very careful that we never exalt any minister, or sermon, or book, or friend above the Word of God.
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The only way to be really happy in such a world as this, is to be ever casting all our cares on God.
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