Why is a believer patient? Because he looks for the coming of the Lord…He waits quietly for the King.
J. C. RYLEImagination is the hotbed where this sin is too often hatched. Guard your thoughts, and there will be little fear about your actions.
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Nothing perhaps affects man’s character more than the company he keeps
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O Christian, look up and take comfort. Jesus has prepared a place for you, and those who follow Him shall never perish, neither shall anyone pluck them out of His hands.
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Never let us be guilty of sacrificing any portion of truth on the altar of peace.
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Let us cleave to Christ more closely, love Him more heartily, live to Him more thoroughly, copy Him more exactly, confess Him more boldly, and follow Him more fully.
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Every fresh act of sin lessens fear and remorse, hardens our hearts, blunts the edge of our conscience, and increases our evil inclination.
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Unity without the gospel is a worthless unity; it is the very unity of hell.
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Our prayers may be weak, stammering, and poor in our eyes. But if they come from a right heart, God understands them. Such prayers are His delight.
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The parent who tries to train without setting a good example is building with one hand, and pulling down with the other.
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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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Fear not because your prayer is stammering, your words feeble, and your language poor. Jesus can understand you.
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The highest form of selfishness is that of the man who is content to go to heaven alone.
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Nothing is so offensive to Christ as lukewarmness in religion.
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No one ever reached heaven without repentance toward God, and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ.
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Do not glory in your own faith, your own feelings, your own knowledge, or your own diligence. Glory in nothing but 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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