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.
J. C. RYLENever be satisfied with the world’s standard of Christianity!
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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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Prayer needs neither learning, wisdom or book knowledge to begin it. It needs nothing but heart and will.
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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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Whatever you read, read the Bible first. Beware of bad books: there are plenty in this day. Take heed what you read.
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According to the men of the world, few are going to hell; According to the Bible, few are going to heaven.
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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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To be prayerless is to be without God, without Christ, without grace, without hope, and without heaven.
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Let us cleave to Christ more closely, love Him more heartily, live to Him more thoroughly, copy Him more exactly, confess Him more boldly, and follow Him more fully.
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The fear of punishment, the desire of reward, the sense of duty, are all useful arguments, in their way, to persuade people to holiness. But they are all weak and powerless, until a person loves Christ.
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Take away the cross of Christ, and the Bible is a dark book.
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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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It is not hard to deceive ministers, relatives and friends. But it is impossible to deceive Christ.
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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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Look not to yourselves! You are by nature wretched, miserable, poor, blind and naked. Look simply unto Jesus.
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Let us receive nothing, believe nothing, follow nothing which is not in the Bible, nor can be proved by the Bible.
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