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God knew what we were before conversion – wicked, guilty, and defiled; yet He loved us. He knows what we will be after conversion – weak, erring, and frail; yet He loves us.

J. C. Ryle

The true secret of spiritual strength is self-distrust and deep humilty.
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Deep Humility Secret Spiritual Strength True
The love of Christ towards His people is a deep well which has no bottom.
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God Himself Love People
Prayer needs neither learning, wisdom or book knowledge to begin it. It needs nothing but heart and will.
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Beginning Book Heart Learning Need Prayer Willing Wisdom
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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Confession God Heart Himself Live Love
A religion that costs nothing is worth nothing. A cheap Christianity, without a cross, will prove in the end a useless Christianity, without a crown.
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Cheap Cost End Evidence Religious Worth
Whatever others around you think, don’t you ever be ashamed of being a Christian.
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Identity Religious Shame Thinking
Live as if you thought that Christ might come at any time.
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Live Thinking Time Yourself
Nothing perhaps affects man’s character more than the company he keeps
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Affect Character Company Himself Man
There is only one door, one bridge, one ladder, between earth and heaven – the crucified Son of God.
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Bridge Earth God Heaven Son
Let us be very careful that we never exalt any minister, or sermon, or book, or friend above the Word of God.
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Book Care Friendship God Minister Word
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
Since Satan can’t destroy the gospel, he has too often neutralized its usefulness by addition, subtraction or substitution.
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Addiction Destroy Devil Scripture Substitution
Trials are intended to make us think, to wean us from the world, to send us to the Bible, to drive us to our knees.
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Drive Ourselves Religion Thinking Trial World
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
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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Heaven Hell Man Religious World
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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God Reason Return Season Sin World

God knew what we were before conversion – wicked, guilty, and defiled; yet He loved us. He knows what we will be after conversion – weak, erring, and frail; yet He loves us.

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God knew what we were before conversion – wicked, guilty, and defiled; yet He loved us. He knows what we will be after conversion – weak, erring, and frail; yet He loves us.

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