A Christian is a walking sermon. They preach far more than a minister does, for they preach all week long.
J. C. RYLEThere is a common, worldly kind of Christianity in this day, which many have, and think they have enough-a cheap Christianity which offends nobody, and requires no sacrifice-which costs nothing, and is worth nothing.
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Never be satisfied with the world’s standard of Christianity!
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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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Nothing perhaps affects man’s character more than the company he keeps
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There is only one door, one bridge, one ladder, between earth and heaven – the crucified Son of God.
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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 neglect of the Bible which makes so many a prey to the first false teacher whom they hear.
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No one ever said at the end of his days; ‘I have read my bible too much, I have thought of God too much, I have prayed too much, I have been too careful with my soul’
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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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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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Nothing is so offensive to Christ as lukewarmness in religion.
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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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If you love Christ, never be ashamed to let others see it and know it. Speak for Him. Witness for Him. Live for Him.
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I fear we are in danger of forgetting that to HAVE the Bible is one thing, and to READ it quite another.
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Whatever others around you think, don’t you ever be ashamed of being a Christian.
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There will be no universal peace until the Prince of Peace appears.
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