The nearer we live to God while we live, the more ready we will be to dwell forever in His presence when we die.
J. C. RYLEIf men come among you who do NOT preach all the counsel of God, who do NOT preach of Christ, sin, holiness, of ruin, redemption, and regeneration, and do NOT preach of these things in a Scriptural way, you ought to cease to hear them.
More J. C. Ryle Quotes
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And I believe it to be a signal evidence of the Spirit’s presence when the Word is really precious to a man ‘s soul.
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Sin forsaken is one of the best evidences of sin forgiven.
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The Word of God is ROCK. All else is sand.
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Praying and sinning will never live together in the same heart. Prayer will consume sin, or sin will choke prayer.
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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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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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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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Why is a believer patient? Because he looks for the coming of the Lord…He waits quietly for the King.
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The world’s idea of greatness is to rule, but Christian greatness consists in serving.
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Fear not because your prayer is stammering, your words feeble, and your language poor. Jesus can understand you.
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Faith in the Lord Jesus is the only sure medicine for troubled hearts.
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To be prayerless is to be without God, without Christ, without grace, without hope, and without heaven.
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I fear we are in danger of forgetting that to HAVE the Bible is one thing, and to READ it quite another.
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Let us seek friends that will stir up our prayers, our Bible reading, our use of time, and our salvation.
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Backsliding, generally first begins with neglect of private prayer.
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