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.
J. C. RYLELook not to yourselves! You are by nature wretched, miserable, poor, blind and naked. Look simply unto Jesus.
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Never does a person see any beauty in Christ as a Savior, until they discover that they are a lost and ruined sinner.
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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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It must not content us to take our bodies to church if we leave our hearts at home.
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Whatever others around you think, don’t you ever be ashamed of being a Christian.
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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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How is it that many who profess and call themselves Christians, do so little for the Savior whose name they bear?
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We must read our Bibles like men digging for hidden treasure.
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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 nearer we live to God while we live, the more ready we will be to dwell forever in His presence when we die.
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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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Wealth is no mark of God’s favor. Poverty is no mark of God’s displeasure.
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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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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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Unity without the gospel is a worthless unity; it is the very unity of hell.
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A religion that costs nothing is worth nothing. A cheap Christianity, without a cross, will prove in the end a useless Christianity, without a crown.
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