Pride is the oldest and most common of sins. Humility is the rarest and most beautiful of graces.
J. C. RYLESin forsaken is one of the best evidences of sin forgiven.
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Sicknesses, losses, crosses, anxieties and disappointments seem absolutely needful to keep us humble, watchful and spiritual-minde d. They are as needful as the pruning knife to the vine and the refiner’s furnace to the gold.
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Unity without the gospel is a worthless unity; it is the very unity of hell.
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Nothing is so offensive to Christ as lukewarmness in religion.
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It is neglect of the Bible which makes so many a prey to the first false teacher whom they hear.
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Let us never forget that our chief danger is from within. The world and the devil combined, cannot do us as much harm as our own hearts will, if we do not watch and pray.
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Men fall in private long before they fall in public.
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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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Let us seek friends that will stir up our prayers, our Bible reading, our use of time, and our salvation.
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There will be no universal peace until the Prince of Peace appears.
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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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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.
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Let us read our Bibles reverently and diligently, with an honest determination to believe and practice all we find in them.
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No one ever reached heaven without repentance toward God, and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ.
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Laughter, ridicule, opposition, persecution, are often the only reward which Christ’s followers get from the world.
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Love should be the silver thread that runs through all your conduct.
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