Praying and sinning will never live together in the same heart. Prayer will consume sin, or sin will choke prayer.
J. C. RYLEThe highest form of selfishness is that of the man who is content to go to heaven alone.
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Conversion is not putting a man in an armchair and taking him easily to heaven. It is the beginning of a mighty conflict, in which it costs much to win the victory.
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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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Live as if you thought that Christ might come at any time.
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Except a man be born again, he will wish one day he had never been born at all.
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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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Are you tempted? Look unto Jesus. Are you afflicted? Look unto Jesus. Do all speak evil of you? Look unto Jesus. Do you feel cold, dull, and backsliding? Look unto Jesus.
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Nothing is so offensive to Christ as lukewarmness in religion.
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It must not content us to take our bodies to church if we leave our hearts at home.
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The eye of God! Think of that. Everywhere, in every house, in every field, in every room, in every company, alone or in a crowd, the eye of God is always upon you.
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The true Christian delights to read the Scriptures, because they tell him about his beloved Savior.
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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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Our prayers may be weak, stammering, and poor in our eyes. But if they come from a right heart, God understands them. Such prayers are His delight.
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If you do not love Christ, let me tell you plainly what is the reason. You have no sense of debt to him.
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God is far more willing to save sinners than sinners are to be saved.
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No time is so well spent in every day as that which we spend upon our knees.
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