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The Gospel which we possess was not given to us only to be admired, talked of, and professed – but to be practiced.

J. C. Ryle

If God has given His Son to die for us, let us beware of doubting His kindness and love in any painful providence of our daily life.
J. C. RYLE

Death God Kindness Life Ourselves Pain Son
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
Obedience is the only reality. It is faith visible, faith acting, and faith manifest. It is the test of real discipleship among the Lord’s people.
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Act Disciple Faith Obedience People Reality Visible
Tomorrow is the devil’s day, but today is God’s. Satan does not care how spiritual your intentions are, or how holy your resolutions, if only they are determined to be done tomorrow.
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Day Determination Devil God Resolution Yourself
To say that we are sorry for our sins is mere hypocrisy, unless we show that we are really sorry for them, by giving them up. Doing is the very life of repentance.
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Give Up Hypocrisy Regret Repent Sin Sorry
Never does a person see any beauty in Christ as a Savior, until they discover that they are a lost and ruined sinner.
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Beautiful Discover Lost Person Ruin Sin
Wherever we may be, or whatever our circumstances, the Lord Jesus sees them. We are never beyond the reach of His care.
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Care Circumstance God Himself Reach See
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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Believe Evidence Man Myself Soul Spirit
The blood of Christ can cleanse away all sin. But we must ‘plead guilty’ before God can declare us innocent.
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Blood Declare God Innocence Sin
Every fresh act of sin lessens fear and remorse, hardens our hearts, blunts the edge of our conscience, and increases our evil inclination.
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Conscience Evil Fear Heart Ourselves
Beware of manufacturing a God of your own: a God who is all mercy, but not just. Such a God is an idol of your own.
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God Idol Manufacture Mercy Yourself
To be prayerless is to be without God, without Christ, without grace, without hope, and without heaven.
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God Grace Heaven Hope Prayer
We can never make too much of Christ. He is worthy of all the honor that we can give Him.
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God Himself Respect Worth
HATE SIN! Instead of loving it, cleaving to it, excusing it, playing with it, we ought to hate it with a deadly hatred.
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Death Hate Play Sin
Love should be the silver thread that runs through all your conduct.
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Body Love Yourself
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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Beginning Easy Heaven Himself Man Victory Win

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