Imagination is the hotbed where this sin is too often hatched. Guard your thoughts, and there will be little fear about your actions.
J. C. RYLESince Satan can’t destroy the gospel, he has too often neutralized its usefulness by addition, subtraction or substitution.
More J. C. Ryle Quotes
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God is far more willing to save sinners than sinners are to be saved.
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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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Do not glory in your own faith, your own feelings, your own knowledge, or your own diligence. Glory in nothing but Christ.
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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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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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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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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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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.
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The eye of God! Think of that. Everywhere, in every house, in every field, in every room, in every company, alone or in a crowd, the eye of God is always upon you.
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Wherever we may be, or whatever our circumstances, the Lord Jesus sees them. We are never beyond the reach of His care.
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Just as the first sign of life in an infant when born into the world is the act of breathing, so the first act of men and women when they are born again is praying.
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Wealth is no mark of God’s favor. Poverty is no mark of God’s displeasure.
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Let us seek friends that will stir up our prayers, our Bible reading, our use of time, and our salvation.
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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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Let it never surprise true Christians if they are slandered and misrepresented in this world. They must not expect to fare better than their Lord.
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