A Christian is a walking sermon. They preach far more than a minister does, for they preach all week long.
J. C. RYLEGod 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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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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Wealth is no mark of God’s favor. Poverty is no mark of God’s displeasure.
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And I believe it to be a signal evidence of the Spirit’s presence when the Word is really precious to a man ‘s soul.
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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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No time is so well spent in every day as that which we spend upon our knees.
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Praying and sinning will never live together in the same heart. Prayer will consume sin, or sin will choke prayer.
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Happiness does not depend on outward circumstances, but on the state of the heart.
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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.
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Fear not because your prayer is stammering, your words feeble, and your language poor. Jesus can understand you.
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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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The love of Christ towards His people is a deep well which has no bottom.
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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.
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Your trials, crosses, and conflicts are all temporary.
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It must not content us to take our bodies to church if we leave our hearts at home.
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It is not hard to deceive ministers, relatives and friends. But it is impossible to deceive Christ.
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