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. RYLEJesus 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.
More J. C. Ryle Quotes
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Men fall in private long before they fall in public.
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Sin forsaken is one of the best evidences of sin forgiven.
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God is far more willing to save sinners than sinners are to be saved.
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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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The Gospel was not meant merely to reside in our intellect, memories, and tongues, but to be seen in our lives.
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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 true Christian delights to read the Scriptures, because they tell him about his beloved Savior.
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Whatever you read, read the Bible first. Beware of bad books: there are plenty in this day. Take heed what you read.
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If you want to find out how much someone loves you, find out how much they pray for you.
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The only way to be really happy in such a world as this, is to be ever casting all our cares on God.
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Praying and sinning will never live together in the same heart. Prayer will consume sin, or sin will choke prayer.
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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.
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Let your Christianity be so unmistakable, your eye so single, your heart so whole, your walk so straightforward, that all who see you may have no doubt whose you are, and whom you serve.
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I fear we are in danger of forgetting that to HAVE the Bible is one thing, and to READ it quite another.
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There will be no universal peace until the Prince of Peace appears.
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