The true secret of spiritual strength is self-distrust and deep humilty.
J. C. RYLETo be prayerless is to be without God, without Christ, without grace, without hope, and without heaven.
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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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Jesus hears us, and in His own good time will give an answer… He may sometimes keep us long waiting…but He will never send us empty away.
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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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Prayer needs neither learning, wisdom or book knowledge to begin it. It needs nothing but heart and will.
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The Gospel was not meant merely to reside in our intellect, memories, and tongues, but to be seen in our lives.
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Love should be the silver thread that runs through all your conduct.
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The Word of God is ROCK. All else is sand.
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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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People fall in private, long before they fall in public. The tree falls with a great crash, but the secret decay which accounts for it, is often not discovered until it is down on the ground.
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God does not look at riches, titles, education, or beauty. There is only one thing that God does look at, and that is the soul.
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Let us strive, every year we live, to become more deeply acquainted with Scripture.
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However corrupt our hearts, and however wicked our past lives, there is hope for us in the Gospel.
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The true Christian delights to read the Scriptures, because they tell him about his beloved Savior.
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What is the best safeguard against false doctrine? The Bible regularly read, regularly prayed over, regularly studied.
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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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