Praying and sinning will never live together in the same heart. Prayer will consume sin, or sin will choke prayer.
J. C. RYLEIt was the whole Trinity, which at the beginning of creation said, “Let us make man”. It was the whole Trinity again, which at the beginning of the Gospel seemed to say, “Let us save man”.
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Our Lord has many weak children in his family, many dull pupils in his school, many raw soldiers in his army, many lame sheep in his flock. Yet he bears with them all, and casts none away. Happy is that Christian who has learned to do likewise with his brethren.
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Pride is the oldest and most common of sins. Humility is the rarest and most beautiful of graces.
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Take away the cross of Christ, and the Bible is a dark book.
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True Christianity is not merely believing a certain set of dry abstract propositions: it is to live in daily personal communication with an actual living person – Jesus Christ.
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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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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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Nothing perhaps affects man’s character more than the company he keeps
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The Gospel which we possess was not given to us only to be admired, talked of, and professed – but to be practiced.
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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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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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The true Christian delights to read the Scriptures, because they tell him about his beloved Savior.
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Look not to yourselves! You are by nature wretched, miserable, poor, blind and naked. Look simply unto Jesus.
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Sin forsaken is one of the best evidences of sin forgiven.
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No one ever reached heaven without repentance toward God, and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ.
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Look to the cross, think of the cross, meditate on the cross, and then go and set your affections on the world if you can.
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