Backsliding, generally first begins with neglect of private prayer.
J. C. RYLEThe Lord Jesus is “a friend who never changes.” There is no fickleness about Him: those whom He loves, He loves to the end.
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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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It must not content us to take our bodies to church if we leave our hearts at home.
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The nearer we live to God while we live, the more ready we will be to dwell forever in His presence when we die.
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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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Prayer needs neither learning, wisdom or book knowledge to begin it. It needs nothing but heart and will.
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No one ever reached heaven without repentance toward God, and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ.
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Knowledge of the Bible never comes by intuition. It can only be obtained by diligent, regular, daily, attentive reading.
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Just as the first sign of life in an infant when born into the world is the act of breathing, so the first act of men and women when they are born again is praying.
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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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Trials are intended to make us think, to wean us from the world, to send us to the Bible, to drive us to our knees.
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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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If you want to find out how much someone loves you, find out how much they pray for you.
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Tomorrow is the devil’s day, but today is God’s. Satan does not care how spiritual your intentions are, or how holy your resolutions, if only they are determined to be done tomorrow.
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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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