We must give up the vain idea of trying to please everybody. That is impossible, and the attempt is a mere waste of time. We must be content to walk in Christ’s steps, and let the world say what it likes.
J. C. RYLEThe Word of God is ROCK. All else is sand.
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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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Happiness does not depend on outward circumstances, but on the state of the heart.
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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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Obedience is the only reality. It is faith visible, faith acting, and faith manifest. It is the test of real discipleship among the Lord’s people.
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People fall in private, long before they fall in public. The tree falls with a great crash, but the secret decay which accounts for it, is often not discovered until it is down on the ground.
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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 costs something to be a true Christian. It will cost us our sins, our self-righteousn ess, our ease and our worldliness.
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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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If you do not love Christ, let me tell you plainly what is the reason. You have no sense of debt to him.
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Conversion is not putting a man in an armchair and taking him easily to heaven. It is the beginning of a mighty conflict, in which it costs much to win the victory.
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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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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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We must read our Bibles like men digging for hidden treasure.
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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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The world’s idea of greatness is to rule, but Christian greatness consists in serving.
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