Prayer needs neither learning, wisdom or book knowledge to begin it. It needs nothing but heart and will.
J. C. RYLEThe true Christian delights to read the Scriptures, because they tell him about his beloved Savior.
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God does not look at riches, titles, education, or beauty. There is only one thing that God does look at, and that is the soul.
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O Christian, look up and take comfort. Jesus has prepared a place for you, and those who follow Him shall never perish, neither shall anyone pluck them out of His hands.
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Live as if you thought that Christ might come at any time.
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That preaching is sadly defective which dwells exclusively on the mercies of God and the joys of heaven, yet never sets forth the terrors of the Lord and the miseries of hell.
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Why is a believer patient? Because he looks for the coming of the Lord…He waits quietly for the King.
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If men come among you who do NOT preach all the counsel of God, who do NOT preach of Christ, sin, holiness, of ruin, redemption, and regeneration, and do NOT preach of these things in a Scriptural way, you ought to cease to hear them.
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Pride is the oldest and most common of sins. Humility is the rarest and most beautiful of graces.
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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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Never be satisfied with the world’s standard of Christianity!
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I fear we are in danger of forgetting that to HAVE the Bible is one thing, and to READ it quite another.
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The love of Christ towards His people is a deep well which has no bottom.
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It is neglect of the Bible which makes so many a prey to the first false teacher whom they hear.
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Let us resolve by God’s grace, that however poor and feeble our prayers may seem to be, we will pray on.
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There will be no universal peace until the Prince of Peace appears.
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Wealth is no mark of God’s favor. Poverty is no mark of God’s displeasure.
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