It must not content us to take our bodies to church if we leave our hearts at home.
J. C. RYLETomorrow is the devil’s day, but today is God’s. Satan does not care how spiritual your intentions are, or how holy your resolutions, if only they are determined to be done tomorrow.
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The parent who tries to train without setting a good example is building with one hand, and pulling down with the other.
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The blood of Christ can cleanse away all sin. But we must ‘plead guilty’ before God can declare us innocent.
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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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The highest form of selfishness is that of the man who is content to go to heaven alone.
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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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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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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.
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Let us seek friends that will stir up our prayers, our Bible reading, our use of time, and our salvation.
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Wealth is no mark of God’s favor. Poverty is no mark of God’s displeasure.
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A Christian is a walking sermon. They preach far more than a minister does, for they preach all week long.
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The love of Christ towards His people is a deep well which has no bottom.
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God knew what we were before conversion – wicked, guilty, and defiled; yet He loved us. He knows what we will be after conversion – weak, erring, and frail; yet He loves us.
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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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Fear not because your prayer is stammering, your words feeble, and your language poor. Jesus can understand you.
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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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