J. C. Ryle on believe
J. C. Ryle116 quotes“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.”
More from J. C. Ryle
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. RyleJ. C. Ryle Knowledge of the Bible never comes by intuition. It can only be obtained by diligent, regular, daily, attentive reading.
J. C. RyleJ. C. Ryle The Gospel was not meant merely to reside in our intellect, memories, and tongues, but to be seen in our lives.
J. C. RyleJ. C. Ryle 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.
J. C. RyleJ. C. Ryle I fear we are in danger of forgetting that to HAVE the Bible is one thing, and to READ it quite another.
J. C. RyleJ. C. Ryle Nothing perhaps affects man’s character more than the company he keeps
J. C. RyleJ. C. Ryle Conversion 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.
J. C. RyleJ. C. Ryle Let us resolve by God’s grace, that however poor and feeble our prayers may seem to be, we will pray on.
J. C. RyleJ. C. Ryle What is the best safeguard against false doctrine? The Bible regularly read, regularly prayed over, regularly studied.
J. C. RyleJ. C. Ryle 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.
J. C. RyleJ. C. Ryle Whatever others around you think, don’t you ever be ashamed of being a Christian.
J. C. RyleJ. C. Ryle 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.
J. C. RyleJ. C. Ryle The nearer we live to God while we live, the more ready we will be to dwell forever in His presence when we die.
J. C. RyleJ. C. Ryle Fear not because your prayer is stammering, your words feeble, and your language poor. Jesus can understand you.
J. C. RyleJ. C. Ryle Backsliding, generally first begins with neglect of private prayer.
J. C. RyleJ. C. Ryle Let us strive, every year we live, to become more deeply acquainted with Scripture.
J. C. RyleJ. C. Ryle
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When you are with your friends, control your tongue.
Stuart PetersonStuart Peterson And you have fast become my weakness, even as you remain my source of strength.
Alma-May NoaAlma-May Noa No one else is on your path so why should their limits be?
Elezabeth SymondElezabeth Symond I heard many tongues in many languages saying that people cannot be Gods, and that’s a given. But what if people don’t know what was given to them?
Nikol MejdnNikol Mejdn Pride – it screams a lot louder than love sometimes.
L.T. PhoenixL.T. Phoenix Messed up people even see the beauty in all the shitty places.
Lara-LeanLara-Lean I loved you more than love was allowed.
Lang LeavLang Leav Don’t mistake your discovery for the absence of yourself.
Sania AbbasSania Abbas
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Believe in yourself. You are braver than you think, more talented than you know, and capable of more than you imagine.
Roy T. BennettRoy T. Bennett If you don’t give up on something you truly believe in, you will find a way.
Roy T. BennettRoy T. Bennett Nobody can give you wiser advice than yourself: if you heed yourself, you’ll never go wrong.
Marcus Tullius CiceroMarcus Tullius Cicero There’s something tragic about you. Your feeling for the absolute. You were made to believe in God and spend your life in a convent.
Simone de BeauvoirSimone de Beauvoir I used to believe in one true soul mate, but not anymore. I believe you can have a few.
Paul WalkerPaul Walker True love believes everything, and bears everything, and trusts everything.
Charles DickensCharles Dickens I believe in fate, that films happen when they are supposed to.
Paul WalkerPaul Walker It is only the belief and the confidence we have in a God why man is able to understand his own social institutions, and move and live like a rational human being.
Marcus GarveyMarcus Garvey
