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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.

J. C. Ryle

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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Desire Earth Eyes Glory God Myself People Writing
If you love Christ, never be ashamed to let others see it and know it. Speak for Him. Witness for Him. Live for Him.
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Himself Live Love Shame Talk
Pride is the oldest and most common of sins. Humility is the rarest and most beautiful of graces.
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Beautiful Grace Humility Pride Rare Sin
Let us beware of repentance without evidence.
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Beware Evidence Repent
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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Kind Offend Religious Sacrifice World Worth
No time is so well spent in every day as that which we spend upon our knees.
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Day Ourselves Time
Faith is to the soul what life is to the body. Prayer is to faith what breath is to the body. How a person can live and not breathe is past my comprehension, and how a person can believe and not pray is past my comprehension too.
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Believe Body Faith Life Person Prayer Soul
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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Children Father Forget Imitation Mindset Mom Principle Strong
If you want to find out how much someone loves you, find out how much they pray for you.
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Love Prayer Yourself
We must read our Bibles like men digging for hidden treasure.
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Hide Man Reading Treasure
Let us never forget that our chief danger is from within. The world and the devil combined, cannot do us as much harm as our own hearts will, if we do not watch and pray.
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Combination Dangerous Forget Harm Heart Ourselves World
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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Doubt Eyes Heart Mistake Religious Walk Yourself
Why is a believer patient? Because he looks for the coming of the Lord…He waits quietly for the King.
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Believe Himself Patience Quiet Wait
Nothing perhaps affects man’s character more than the company he keeps
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Affect Character Company Himself Man
Wealth is no mark of God’s favor. Poverty is no mark of God’s displeasure.
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God Happiness Poverty Wealth
It is not hard to deceive ministers, relatives and friends. But it is impossible to deceive Christ.
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Friendship Hard Impossible Relative

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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