Backsliding, generally first begins with neglect of private prayer.
J. C. RYLEFaith in the Lord Jesus is the only sure medicine for troubled hearts.
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Love should be the silver thread that runs through all your conduct.
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Sin forsaken is one of the best evidences of sin forgiven.
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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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Live as if you thought that Christ might come at any time.
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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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Prayer needs neither learning, wisdom or book knowledge to begin it. It needs nothing but heart and will.
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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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The nearer we live to God while we live, the more ready we will be to dwell forever in His presence when we die.
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The true Christian delights to read the Scriptures, because they tell him about his beloved Savior.
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Obedience is the only reality. It is faith visible, faith acting, and faith manifest. It is the test of real discipleship among the Lord’s people.
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There will be no universal peace until the Prince of Peace appears.
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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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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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We know but little of true Christianity, if we don’t feel a deep concern about the souls of unconverted people.
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The Word of God is ROCK. All else is sand.
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