Do not glory in your own faith, your own feelings, your own knowledge, or your own diligence. Glory in nothing but Christ.
J. C. RYLELaughter, ridicule, opposition, persecution, are often the only reward which Christ’s followers get from the world.
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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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Knowledge of the Bible never comes by intuition. It can only be obtained by diligent, regular, daily, attentive reading.
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Better to confess Christ 1000 times now and be despised by men, than be disowned by Christ before God on the day of Judgment.
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The world’s idea of greatness is to rule, but Christian greatness consists in serving.
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Never let us be guilty of sacrificing any portion of truth on the altar of peace.
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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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No time is so well spent in every day as that which we spend upon our knees.
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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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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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True Christianity is not merely believing a certain set of dry abstract propositions: it is to live in daily personal communication with an actual living person – Jesus Christ.
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The Gospel which we possess was not given to us only to be admired, talked of, and professed – but to be practiced.
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Let us cleave to Christ more closely, love Him more heartily, live to Him more thoroughly, copy Him more exactly, confess Him more boldly, and follow Him more fully.
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God is far more willing to save sinners than sinners are to be saved.
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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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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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