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There is only one door, one bridge, one ladder, between earth and heaven – the crucified Son of God.

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Your trials, crosses, and conflicts are all temporary.
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Conflict Temporary Trial Yourself
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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Cheap Cost End Evidence Religious Worth
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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Act Born Life Man Prayer Woman World
Never be satisfied with the world’s standard of Christianity!
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Religion Satisfaction Standard World
Never does a person see any beauty in Christ as a Savior, until they discover that they are a lost and ruined sinner.
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Beautiful Discover Lost Person Ruin Sin
That preaching is sadly defective which dwells exclusively on the mercies of God and the joys of heaven, yet never sets forth the terrors of the Lord and the miseries of hell.
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Defective Heaven Hell Joy Misery Sad Sadness
Look to the cross, think of the cross, meditate on the cross, and then go and set your affections on the world if you can.
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Affection God Meditation Thinking World Yourself
We must read our Bibles like men digging for hidden treasure.
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Hide Man Reading Treasure
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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Conscience Evil Fear Heart Ourselves
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
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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Drive Ourselves Religion Thinking Trial World
It must not content us to take our bodies to church if we leave our hearts at home.
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Body Heart Home Religion Satisfaction
We can never make too much of Christ. He is worthy of all the honor that we can give Him.
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God Himself Respect Worth
The Word of God is ROCK. All else is sand.
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God Religious Scripture World
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
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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Comfortable God Hands Preparation Yourself

There is only one door, one bridge, one ladder, between earth and heaven – the crucified Son of God.

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