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Better to confess Christ 1000 times now and be despised by men, than be disowned by Christ before God on the day of Judgment.

J. C. Ryle

To be prayerless is to be without God, without Christ, without grace, without hope, and without heaven.
J. C. RYLE

God Grace Heaven Hope Prayer
Fear not because your prayer is stammering, your words feeble, and your language poor. Jesus can understand you.
J. C. RYLE

Fear Language Poor Prayer Understand Word Yourself
No time is so well spent in every day as that which we spend upon our knees.
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Day Ourselves Time
The true Christian delights to read the Scriptures, because they tell him about his beloved Savior.
J. C. RYLE

Happiness Himself Save Scripture True
We must give up the vain idea of trying to please everybody. That is impossible, and the attempt is a mere waste of time. We must be content to walk in Christ’s steps, and let the world say what it likes.
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Give Up Ideas Impossible Try Walk Wasted Time World
A Christian is a walking sermon. They preach far more than a minister does, for they preach all week long.
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Lecture Minister Time Walk
Whatever you read, read the Bible first. Beware of bad books: there are plenty in this day. Take heed what you read.
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Bad Beware Book Reading Yourself
Happiness does not depend on outward circumstances, but on the state of the heart.
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Circumstance Happiness Heart State
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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Empty Goodness Himself Time Wait
Praying and sinning will never live together in the same heart. Prayer will consume sin, or sin will choke prayer.
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Live Place Prayer Sin Togetherness
Obedience is the only reality. It is faith visible, faith acting, and faith manifest. It is the test of real discipleship among the Lord’s people.
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Act Disciple Faith Obedience People Reality Visible
According to the men of the world, few are going to hell; According to the Bible, few are going to heaven.
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Heaven Hell Man Religious World
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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God Idol Manufacture Mercy Yourself
Never let us be guilty of sacrificing any portion of truth on the altar of peace.
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Guilty Peace Portion Sacrifice Truth
Men fall in private long before they fall in public.
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Fall Man Privacy
We must read our Bibles like men digging for hidden treasure.
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Hide Man Reading Treasure

Better to confess Christ 1000 times now and be despised by men, than be disowned by Christ before God on the day of Judgment.

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