Backsliding, generally first begins with neglect of private prayer.
J. C. RYLEConversion 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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It was the whole Trinity, which at the beginning of creation said, “Let us make man”. It was the whole Trinity again, which at the beginning of the Gospel seemed to say, “Let us save man”.
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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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Unity without the gospel is a worthless unity; it is the very unity of hell.
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Faith in the Lord Jesus is the only sure medicine for troubled hearts.
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Fear not because your prayer is stammering, your words feeble, and your language poor. Jesus can understand you.
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There will be no universal peace until the Prince of Peace appears.
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Never be satisfied with the world’s standard of Christianity!
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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.
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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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No time is so well spent in every day as that which we spend upon our knees.
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Never let us be guilty of sacrificing any portion of truth on the altar of peace.
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Nothing is so offensive to Christ as lukewarmness in religion.
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Let us receive nothing, believe nothing, follow nothing which is not in the Bible, nor can be proved by the Bible.
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The 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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However corrupt our hearts, and however wicked our past lives, there is hope for us in the Gospel.
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