We know but little of true Christianity, if we don’t feel a deep concern about the souls of unconverted people.
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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Trials are intended to make us think, to wean us from the world, to send us to the Bible, to drive us to our knees.
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Fathers and mothers, do not forget that children learn more by the eye than they do by the ear… Imitation is a far stronger principle with children than memory. What they see has a much stronger effect on their minds than what they are told.
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Wealth is no mark of God’s favor. Poverty is no mark of God’s displeasure.
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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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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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My chief desire in all my writings, is to exalt the Lord Jesus Christ and make Him beautiful and glorious in the eyes of people; and to promote the increase of repentance, faith, and holiness upon earth.
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We must give up the vain idea of trying to please everybody. That is impossible, and the attempt is a mere waste of time. We must be content to walk in Christ’s steps, and let the world say what it likes.
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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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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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A religion that costs nothing is worth nothing. A cheap Christianity, without a cross, will prove in the end a useless Christianity, without a crown.
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Never be satisfied with the world’s standard of Christianity!
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Nothing is so offensive to Christ as lukewarmness in religion.
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Let us strive, every year we live, to become more deeply acquainted with Scripture.
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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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Beware of letting small faults pass unnoticed under the idea it is a little one. There are no little things in training children; all are important. Little weeds need plucking up as much as any. Leave them alone and they will soon be great.
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