Except a man be born again, he will wish one day he had never been born at all.
J. C. RYLEThere will be no universal peace until the Prince of Peace appears.
More J. C. Ryle Quotes
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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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True Christianity is not merely believing a certain set of dry abstract propositions: it is to live in daily personal communication with an actual living person – Jesus Christ.
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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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Backsliding, generally first begins with neglect of private prayer.
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Our 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.
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Let your Christianity be so unmistakable, your eye so single, your heart so whole, your walk so straightforward, that all who see you may have no doubt whose you are, and whom you serve.
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Faith is to the soul what life is to the body. Prayer is to faith what breath is to the body. How a person can live and not breathe is past my comprehension, and how a person can believe and not pray is past my comprehension too.
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Unity without the gospel is a worthless unity; it is the very unity of hell.
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Nothing is so offensive to Christ as lukewarmness in religion.
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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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Fear not because your prayer is stammering, your words feeble, and your language poor. Jesus can understand you.
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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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Let us never forget that our chief danger is from within. The world and the devil combined, cannot do us as much harm as our own hearts will, if we do not watch and pray.
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Let us be very careful that we never exalt any minister, or sermon, or book, or friend above the Word of God.
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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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