Backsliding, generally first begins with neglect of private prayer.
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If God has given His Son to die for us, let us beware of doubting His kindness and love in any painful providence of our daily life.
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Backsliding, generally first begins with neglect of private prayer.
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Why is a believer patient? Because he looks for the coming of the Lord…He waits quietly for the King.
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Without a thorough conviction of sin, men may seem to come to Jesus and follow Him for a season, but they will soon fall away and return to the world.
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Let us be very careful that we never exalt any minister, or sermon, or book, or friend above the Word of God.
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Let it never surprise true Christians if they are slandered and misrepresented in this world. They must not expect to fare better than their Lord.
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Men fall in private long before they fall in public.
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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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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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Prayer needs neither learning, wisdom or book knowledge to begin it. It needs nothing but heart and will.
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Tomorrow 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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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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The fear of punishment, the desire of reward, the sense of duty, are all useful arguments, in their way, to persuade people to holiness. But they are all weak and powerless, until a person loves Christ.
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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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We must read our Bibles like men digging for hidden treasure.
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Your trials, crosses, and conflicts are all temporary.
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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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