Jesus hears us, and in His own good time will give an answer… He may sometimes keep us long waiting…but He will never send us empty away.
J. C. RYLEAnd I believe it to be a signal evidence of the Spirit’s presence when the Word is really precious to a man ‘s soul.
More J. C. Ryle Quotes
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There will be no universal peace until the Prince of Peace appears.
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Your trials, crosses, and conflicts are all temporary.
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Imagination is the hotbed where this sin is too often hatched. Guard your thoughts, and there will be little fear about your actions.
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It was the whole Trinity, which at the beginning of creation said, “Let us make man”. It was the whole Trinity again, which at the beginning of the Gospel seemed to say, “Let us save man”.
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Since Satan can’t destroy the gospel, he has too often neutralized its usefulness by addition, subtraction or substitution.
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According to the men of the world, few are going to hell; According to the Bible, few are going to heaven.
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Sicknesses, losses, crosses, anxieties and disappointments seem absolutely needful to keep us humble, watchful and spiritual-minde d. They are as needful as the pruning knife to the vine and the refiner’s furnace to the gold.
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We must give up the vain idea of trying to please everybody. That is impossible, and the attempt is a mere waste of time. We must be content to walk in Christ’s steps, and let the world say what it likes.
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God is far more willing to save sinners than sinners are to be saved.
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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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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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Every fresh act of sin lessens fear and remorse, hardens our hearts, blunts the edge of our conscience, and increases our evil inclination.
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Let us strive, every year we live, to become more deeply acquainted with Scripture.
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Take away the cross of Christ, and the Bible is a dark book.
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If you do not love Christ, let me tell you plainly what is the reason. You have no sense of debt to him.
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Are you tempted? Look unto Jesus. Are you afflicted? Look unto Jesus. Do all speak evil of you? Look unto Jesus. Do you feel cold, dull, and backsliding? Look unto Jesus.
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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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Live as if you thought that Christ might come at any time.
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What is the best safeguard against false doctrine? The Bible regularly read, regularly prayed over, regularly studied.
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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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Beware of manufacturing a God of your own: a God who is all mercy, but not just. Such a God is an idol of your own.
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We can never make too much of Christ. He is worthy of all the honor that we can give Him.
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Except a man be born again, he will wish one day he had never been born at all.
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Look to the cross, think of the cross, meditate on the cross, and then go and set your affections on the world if you can.
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To say that we are sorry for our sins is mere hypocrisy, unless we show that we are really sorry for them, by giving them up. Doing is the very life of repentance.
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Prayer needs neither learning, wisdom or book knowledge to begin it. It needs nothing but heart and will.
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