We must read our Bibles like men digging for hidden treasure.

J. C. Ryle

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Happiness does not depend on outward circumstances, but on the state of the heart.
J. C. RYLE

Circumstance Happiness Heart State
If men come among you who do NOT preach all the counsel of God, who do NOT preach of Christ, sin, holiness, of ruin, redemption, and regeneration, and do NOT preach of these things in a Scriptural way, you ought to cease to hear them.
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God Holy Man Scripture Yourself
Live as if you thought that Christ might come at any time.
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Live Thinking Time Yourself
There are eternal consequences resulting from all our thoughts, words and actions, of which we take far too little account.
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Account Action Consequence Forever
The only way to be really happy in such a world as this, is to be ever casting all our cares on God.
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Care God Happiness World
Since Satan can’t destroy the gospel, he has too often neutralized its usefulness by addition, subtraction or substitution.
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Addiction Destroy Devil Scripture Substitution
Sin forsaken is one of the best evidences of sin forgiven.
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Evidence Forgiveness Sin
The love of Christ towards His people is a deep well which has no bottom.
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God Himself Love People
The highest form of selfishness is that of the man who is content to go to heaven alone.
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Alone Content Heaven Man Selfish
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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God Reason Return Season Sin World
My chief desire in all my writings, is to exalt the Lord Jesus Christ and make Him beautiful and glorious in the eyes of people; and to promote the increase of repentance, faith, and holiness upon earth.
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Desire Earth Eyes Glory God Myself People Writing
There is only one door, one bridge, one ladder, between earth and heaven – the crucified Son of God.
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Bridge Earth God Heaven Son
It is not hard to deceive ministers, relatives and friends. But it is impossible to deceive Christ.
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Friendship Hard Impossible Relative
Backsliding, generally first begins with neglect of private prayer.
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Beginning Neglect Prayer Privacy
Beware of letting small faults pass unnoticed under the idea it is a little one. There are no little things in training children; all are important. Little weeds need plucking up as much as any. Leave them alone and they will soon be great.
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Alone Children Leaving Mistake Small Training
God 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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Beautiful Education God Rich Soul
Nothing perhaps affects man’s character more than the company he keeps
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Affect Character Company Himself Man
Let us never forget that our chief danger is from within. The world and the devil combined, cannot do us as much harm as our own hearts will, if we do not watch and pray.
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Combination Dangerous Forget Harm Heart Ourselves World
The blood of Christ can cleanse away all sin. But we must ‘plead guilty’ before God can declare us innocent.
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Blood Declare God Innocence Sin
Take away the cross of Christ, and the Bible is a dark book.
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Book Darkness God Religious
No time is so well spent in every day as that which we spend upon our knees.
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Day Ourselves Time
Nothing is so offensive to Christ as lukewarmness in religion.
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God Offend Religion
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
Let us resolve by God’s grace, that however poor and feeble our prayers may seem to be, we will pray on.
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God Grace Ourselves Poor Prayer
Are you tempted? Look unto Jesus. Are you afflicted? Look unto Jesus. Do all speak evil of you? Look unto Jesus. Do you feel cold, dull, and backsliding? Look unto Jesus.
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Evil God Talk Tempt Yourself
Whatever others around you think, don’t you ever be ashamed of being a Christian.
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Identity Religious Shame Thinking
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

We must read our Bibles like men digging for hidden treasure.

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