I ought to pray before seeing any one. Often when I sleep long, or meet with others early, it is eleven or twelve o’clock before I begin secret prayer.
ROBERT MURRAY M'CHEYNEAffliction shows the power of Christ’s blood, when it gives peace in an hour of trouble, when it can make happy in sickness, poverty, persecution and death. Do not be surprised if you suffer, but glorify God.
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I am persuaded that I shall obtain the highest amount of present happiness.
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I never see a sign Licensed to sell spirits without thinking that it is a license to ruin souls.
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Joy is increased by spreading it to others.
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Seek to be made holier every day; pray, strive, wrestle for the spirit, to make you like God. Be as much you can with God.
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A man is what he is on his knees, and no more.
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Watch against lip religion. Above all abide in Christ and he will abide in you.
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Affliction shows the power of Christ’s blood, when it gives peace in an hour of trouble, when it can make happy in sickness, poverty, persecution and death. Do not be surprised if you suffer, but glorify God.
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Never forget that the end of a sermon is the salvation of the people.
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Live near to God, and so all things will appear to you little In comparison to eternal realities.
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Get your texts from God – your thoughts, your words, from God… It is not great talents God blesses so much as great likeness to Jesus.
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There is nothing a natural man hates more than prayer.
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If I could hear Christ praying for me in the next room, I would not fear a million enemies.
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The nearer you take anything to the light, the darker its spots will appear; and the nearer you live to God, the more you will see your own utter vileness.
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Use your health while you have it, my dear friend and brother. Do not cast away peculiar opportunities that may never come again. You know not when your last Sabbath with your people may come.
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Remember also, the present is your only time to be saved. There is no believing, no repenting, no conversion in the grave—no minister will speak to you there. This is the time of conversion.
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