Wealth is no mark of God’s favor. Poverty is no mark of God’s displeasure.
J. C. RYLETo be prayerless is to be without God, without Christ, without grace, without hope, and without heaven.
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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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Except a man be born again, he will wish one day he had never been born at all.
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How is it that many who profess and call themselves Christians, do so little for the Savior whose name they bear?
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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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The eye of God! Think of that. Everywhere, in every house, in every field, in every room, in every company, alone or in a crowd, the eye of God is always upon you.
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Never let us be guilty of sacrificing any portion of truth on the altar of peace.
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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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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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There are eternal consequences resulting from all our thoughts, words and actions, of which we take far too little account.
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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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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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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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Let us receive nothing, believe nothing, follow nothing which is not in the Bible, nor can be proved by the Bible.
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Fear not because your prayer is stammering, your words feeble, and your language poor. Jesus can understand you.
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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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