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Our prayers may be weak, stammering, and poor in our eyes. But if they come from a right heart, God understands them. Such prayers are His delight.

J. C. Ryle

Why is a believer patient? Because he looks for the coming of the Lord…He waits quietly for the King.
J. C. RYLE

Believe Himself Patience Quiet Wait
Imagination is the hotbed where this sin is too often hatched. Guard your thoughts, and there will be little fear about your actions.
J. C. RYLE

Action Fear Guard Imagination Sin Yourself
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.
J. C. RYLE

Children Father Forget Imitation Mindset Mom Principle Strong
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.
J. C. RYLE

Drive Ourselves Religion Thinking Trial World
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’
J. C. RYLE

Care Day End God Myself Reading Soul Thinking
HATE SIN! Instead of loving it, cleaving to it, excusing it, playing with it, we ought to hate it with a deadly hatred.
J. C. RYLE

Death Hate Play Sin
Our prayers may be weak, stammering, and poor in our eyes. But if they come from a right heart, God understands them. Such prayers are His delight.
J. C. RYLE

Eyes Happiness Heart Poor Prayer Right Weakness
If you love Christ, never be ashamed to let others see it and know it. Speak for Him. Witness for Him. Live for Him.
J. C. RYLE

Himself Live Love Shame Talk
I fear we are in danger of forgetting that to HAVE the Bible is one thing, and to READ it quite another.
J. C. RYLE

Dangerous Fear Forget Quite Religious
Let us seek friends that will stir up our prayers, our Bible reading, our use of time, and our salvation.
J. C. RYLE

Friendship Ourselves Prayer Seek
The true secret of spiritual strength is self-distrust and deep humilty.
J. C. RYLE

Deep Humility Secret Spiritual Strength True
Let it never surprise true Christians if they are slandered and misrepresented in this world. They must not expect to fare better than their Lord.
J. C. RYLE

Better Expectation God Representation World
Conversion is not putting a man in an armchair and taking him easily to heaven. It is the beginning of a mighty conflict, in which it costs much to win the victory.
J. C. RYLE

Beginning Easy Heaven Himself Man Victory Win
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.
J. C. RYLE

Cheap Cost End Evidence Religious Worth
There will be no universal peace until the Prince of Peace appears.
J. C. RYLE

Appearance Peace Universe
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.
J. C. RYLE

Give Up Ideas Impossible Try Walk Wasted Time World

Our prayers may be weak, stammering, and poor in our eyes. But if they come from a right heart, God understands them. Such prayers are His delight.

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