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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

It must not content us to take our bodies to church if we leave our hearts at home.
J. C. RYLE

Body Heart Home Religion Satisfaction
Fathers and mothers, do not forget that children learn more by the eye than they do by the ear… Imitation is a far stronger principle with children than memory. What they see has a much stronger effect on their minds than what they are told.
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Children Father Forget Imitation Mindset Mom Principle Strong
Men fall in private long before they fall in public.
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Fall Man Privacy
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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Care Day End God Myself Reading Soul Thinking
True Christianity is not merely believing a certain set of dry abstract propositions: it is to live in daily personal communication with an actual living person – Jesus Christ.
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Believe Communication God Live Person Proposition True
Let us resolve by God’s grace, that however poor and feeble our prayers may seem to be, we will pray on.
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God Grace Ourselves Poor Prayer
Sicknesses, losses, crosses, anxieties and disappointments seem absolutely needful to keep us humble, watchful and spiritual-minde d. They are as needful as the pruning knife to the vine and the refiner’s furnace to the gold.
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Anxiety Gold Humble Loss Sick
Why is a believer patient? Because he looks for the coming of the Lord…He waits quietly for the King.
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Believe Himself Patience Quiet Wait
We must read our Bibles like men digging for hidden treasure.
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Hide Man Reading Treasure
Imagination 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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Action Fear Guard Imagination Sin Yourself
If you want to find out how much someone loves you, find out how much they pray for you.
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Love Prayer Yourself
If you do not love Christ, let me tell you plainly what is the reason. You have no sense of debt to him.
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Himself Love Reason Yourself
Your trials, crosses, and conflicts are all temporary.
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Conflict Temporary Trial Yourself
Nothing perhaps affects man’s character more than the company he keeps
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Affect Character Company Himself Man
No time is so well spent in every day as that which we spend upon our knees.
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Day Ourselves Time
Whatever others around you think, don’t you ever be ashamed of being a Christian.
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Identity Religious Shame Thinking

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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