People fall in private, long before they fall in public. The tree falls with a great crash, but the secret decay which accounts for it, is often not discovered until it is down on the ground.
J. C. RYLETake away the cross of Christ, and the Bible is a dark book.
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No one ever reached heaven without repentance toward God, and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ.
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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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There are eternal consequences resulting from all our thoughts, words and actions, of which we take far too little account.
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Wealth is no mark of God’s favor. Poverty is no mark of God’s displeasure.
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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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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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Let your Christianity be so unmistakable, your eye so single, your heart so whole, your walk so straightforward, that all who see you may have no doubt whose you are, and whom you serve.
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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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Let us seek friends that will stir up our prayers, our Bible reading, our use of time, and our salvation.
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A Christian is a walking sermon. They preach far more than a minister does, for they preach all week long.
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God does not look at riches, titles, education, or beauty. There is only one thing that God does look at, and that is the soul.
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Sin forsaken is one of the best evidences of sin forgiven.
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Since Satan can’t destroy the gospel, he has too often neutralized its usefulness by addition, subtraction or substitution.
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A religion that costs nothing is worth nothing. A cheap Christianity, without a cross, will prove in the end a useless Christianity, without a crown.
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Laughter, ridicule, opposition, persecution, are often the only reward which Christ’s followers get from the world.
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Happiness does not depend on outward circumstances, but on the state of the heart.
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Your trials, crosses, and conflicts are all temporary.
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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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No time is so well spent in every day as that which we spend upon our knees.
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God is far more willing to save sinners than sinners are to be saved.
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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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Why is a believer patient? Because he looks for the coming of the Lord…He waits quietly for the King.
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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 blood of Christ can cleanse away all sin. But we must ‘plead guilty’ before God can declare us innocent.
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Let us never forget that our chief danger is from within. The world and the devil combined, cannot do us as much harm as our own hearts will, if we do not watch and pray.
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Faith in the Lord Jesus is the only sure medicine for troubled hearts.
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