It was the whole Trinity, which at the beginning of creation said, “Let us make man”. It was the whole Trinity again, which at the beginning of the Gospel seemed to say, “Let us save man”.
J. C. RYLETo be prayerless is to be without God, without Christ, without grace, without hope, and without heaven.
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We must read our Bibles like men digging for hidden treasure.
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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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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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We know but little of true Christianity, if we don’t feel a deep concern about the souls of unconverted people.
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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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The love of Christ towards His people is a deep well which has no bottom.
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Unity without the gospel is a worthless unity; it is the very unity of hell.
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It costs something to be a true Christian. It will cost us our sins, our self-righteousn ess, our ease and our worldliness.
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Faith is to the soul what life is to the body. Prayer is to faith what breath is to the body. How a person can live and not breathe is past my comprehension, and how a person can believe and not pray is past my comprehension too.
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Never let us be guilty of sacrificing any portion of truth on the altar of peace.
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To say that we are sorry for our sins is mere hypocrisy, unless we show that we are really sorry for them, by giving them up. Doing is the very life of repentance.
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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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Beware of manufacturing a God of your own: a God who is all mercy, but not just. Such a God is an idol of your own.
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Sin forsaken is one of the best evidences of sin forgiven.
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Praying and sinning will never live together in the same heart. Prayer will consume sin, or sin will choke prayer.
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