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However corrupt our hearts, and however wicked our past lives, there is hope for us in the Gospel.

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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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Defective Heaven Hell Joy Misery Sad Sadness
Live as if you thought that Christ might come at any time.
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Live Thinking Time Yourself
Prayer needs neither learning, wisdom or book knowledge to begin it. It needs nothing but heart and will.
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Beginning Book Heart Learning Need Prayer Willing Wisdom
Laughter, ridicule, opposition, persecution, are often the only reward which Christ’s followers get from the world.
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Follow Laughter Religious Reward World
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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Call Dedication Name Religious
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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Give Up Hypocrisy Regret Repent Sin Sorry
The blood of Christ can cleanse away all sin. But we must ‘plead guilty’ before God can declare us innocent.
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Blood Declare God Innocence Sin
People fall in private, long before they fall in public. The tree falls with a great crash, but the secret decay which accounts for it, is often not discovered until it is down on the ground.
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Accounts Discover Fall In Love People Private
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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Combination Dangerous Forget Harm Heart Ourselves World
Let us beware of repentance without evidence.
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Beware Evidence Repent
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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God Idol Manufacture Mercy Yourself
I maintain that to tell a person they are born again, while they are living in carelessness or sin, is a dangerous delusion.
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Born Care Dangerous Live Myself Person
Let us resolve by God’s grace, that however poor and feeble our prayers may seem to be, we will pray on.
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God Grace Ourselves Poor Prayer
If you love Christ, never be ashamed to let others see it and know it. Speak for Him. Witness for Him. Live for Him.
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Himself Live Love Shame Talk
The eye of God! Think of that. Everywhere, in every house, in every field, in every room, in every company, alone or in a crowd, the eye of God is always upon you.
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Alone Company Eyes God Home Room Yourself
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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Eyes Happiness Heart Poor Prayer Right Weakness

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