It must not content us to take our bodies to church if we leave our hearts at home.
J. C. RYLEThe fear of punishment, the desire of reward, the sense of duty, are all useful arguments, in their way, to persuade people to holiness. But they are all weak and powerless, until a person loves Christ.
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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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There is only one door, one bridge, one ladder, between earth and heaven – the crucified Son of God.
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We can never make too much of Christ. He is worthy of all the honor that we can give Him.
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Backsliding, generally first begins with neglect of private prayer.
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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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However corrupt our hearts, and however wicked our past lives, there is hope for us in the Gospel.
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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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The parent who tries to train without setting a good example is building with one hand, and pulling down with the other.
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Love should be the silver thread that runs through all your conduct.
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Nothing is so offensive to Christ as lukewarmness in religion.
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Without a thorough conviction of sin, men may seem to come to Jesus and follow Him for a season, but they will soon fall away and return to the world.
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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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Knowledge of the Bible never comes by intuition. It can only be obtained by diligent, regular, daily, attentive reading.
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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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Take away the cross of Christ, and the Bible is a dark book.
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The highest form of selfishness is that of the man who is content to go to heaven alone.
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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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Let us cleave to Christ more closely, love Him more heartily, live to Him more thoroughly, copy Him more exactly, confess Him more boldly, and follow Him more fully.
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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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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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There are eternal consequences resulting from all our thoughts, words and actions, of which we take far too little account.
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The fear of punishment, the desire of reward, the sense of duty, are all useful arguments, in their way, to persuade people to holiness. But they are all weak and powerless, until a person loves Christ.
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Our Lord has many weak children in his family, many dull pupils in his school, many raw soldiers in his army, many lame sheep in his flock. Yet he bears with them all, and casts none away. Happy is that Christian who has learned to do likewise with his brethren.
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Nothing perhaps affects man’s character more than the company he keeps
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I fear we are in danger of forgetting that to HAVE the Bible is one thing, and to READ it quite another.
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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.
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