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. RYLETrials 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. RYLEIf you do not love Christ, let me tell you plainly what is the reason. You have no sense of debt to him.
J. C. RYLEEvery fresh act of sin lessens fear and remorse, hardens our hearts, blunts the edge of our conscience, and increases our evil inclination.
J. C. RYLETomorrow is the devil’s day, but today is God’s. Satan does not care how spiritual your intentions are, or how holy your resolutions, if only they are determined to be done tomorrow.
J. C. RYLELive as if you thought that Christ might come at any time.
J. C. RYLEGod knew what we were before conversion – wicked, guilty, and defiled; yet He loved us. He knows what we will be after conversion – weak, erring, and frail; yet He loves us.
J. C. RYLELaughter, ridicule, opposition, persecution, are often the only reward which Christ’s followers get from the world.
J. C. RYLENothing perhaps affects man’s character more than the company he keeps
J. C. RYLEThe parent who tries to train without setting a good example is building with one hand, and pulling down with the other.
J. C. RYLEThere are eternal consequences resulting from all our thoughts, words and actions, of which we take far too little account.
J. C. RYLENever let us be guilty of sacrificing any portion of truth on the altar of peace.
J. C. RYLEPrayer needs neither learning, wisdom or book knowledge to begin it. It needs nothing but heart and will.
J. C. RYLETo be prayerless is to be without God, without Christ, without grace, without hope, and without heaven.
J. C. RYLEBetter 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. RYLESicknesses, 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.
J. C. RYLEWe 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.
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