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.
ROBERT MURRAY M'CHEYNEFor every look at self, take 10 looks at Christ.
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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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Self-righteousness….is the largest idol of the human heart – the idol which man loves most and God hates most. Dearly beloved, you will always be going back to this idol.
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This alone can give you peace-I have a high priest in heaven. When you are dying – when friends can do you no good – when sins rise up like spectres around your bed – what can give you peace ? This – “I have a high priest in heaven”
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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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My people’s greatest need is my personal holiness
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If Christ justifies you, He will sanctify you! He will not save you and leave you in your sins.
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You will be incomplete Christians if you do not look for the coming again of the Lord Jesus
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Study your prayers, a great part of my time is spent getting in tune for prayer.
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The seed of every sin known to man is in my heart.
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Let us see God before man every day.
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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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I never see a sign Licensed to sell spirits without thinking that it is a license to ruin souls.
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I am persuaded that I shall obtain the highest amount of present happiness.
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A man who loves you the most is the man who tells you the most truth about yourself.
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Speak for eternity. Above all things, cultivate your own spirit. A word spoken by you when your conscience is clear, and your heart full of God’s Spirit, is worth ten thousand words spoken in unbelief and sin.
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