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. RYLELaughter, ridicule, opposition, persecution, are often the only reward which Christ’s followers get from the world.
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There is only one door, one bridge, one ladder, between earth and heaven – the crucified Son of God.
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Backsliding, generally first begins with neglect of private prayer.
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Faith in the Lord Jesus is the only sure medicine for troubled hearts.
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Every fresh act of sin lessens fear and remorse, hardens our hearts, blunts the edge of our conscience, and increases our evil inclination.
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Since Satan can’t destroy the gospel, he has too often neutralized its usefulness by addition, subtraction or substitution.
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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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What is the best safeguard against false doctrine? The Bible regularly read, regularly prayed over, regularly studied.
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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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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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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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According to the men of the world, few are going to hell; According to the Bible, few are going to heaven.
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I maintain that to tell a person they are born again, while they are living in carelessness or sin, is a dangerous delusion.
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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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To be prayerless is to be without God, without Christ, without grace, without hope, and without heaven.
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The highest form of selfishness is that of the man who is content to go to heaven alone.
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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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Let us beware of repentance without evidence.
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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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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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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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And I believe it to be a signal evidence of the Spirit’s presence when the Word is really precious to a man ‘s soul.
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The blood of Christ can cleanse away all sin. But we must ‘plead guilty’ before God can declare us innocent.
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Live as if you thought that Christ might come at any time.
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It is not hard to deceive ministers, relatives and friends. But it is impossible to deceive Christ.
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The parent who tries to train without setting a good example is building with one hand, and pulling down with the other.
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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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