However corrupt our hearts, and however wicked our past lives, there is hope for us in the Gospel.
J. C. RYLEOur prayers may be weak, stammering, and poor in our eyes. But if they come from a right heart, God understands them. Such prayers are His delight.
More J. C. Ryle Quotes
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Let us beware of repentance without evidence.
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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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No one ever reached heaven without repentance toward God, and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ.
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Look to the cross, think of the cross, meditate on the cross, and then go and set your affections on the world if you can.
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If you want to find out how much someone loves you, find out how much they pray for you.
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Beware of letting small faults pass unnoticed under the idea it is a little one. There are no little things in training children; all are important. Little weeds need plucking up as much as any. Leave them alone and they will soon be great.
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We must read our Bibles like men digging for hidden treasure.
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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 world’s idea of greatness is to rule, but Christian greatness consists in serving.
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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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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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Whatever others around you think, don’t you ever be ashamed of being a Christian.
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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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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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The love of Christ towards His people is a deep well which has no bottom.
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