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Backsliding, generally first begins with neglect of private prayer.

J. C. Ryle

To be prayerless is to be without God, without Christ, without grace, without hope, and without heaven.
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God Grace Heaven Hope Prayer
Sin forsaken is one of the best evidences of sin forgiven.
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Evidence Forgiveness Sin
Faith is to the soul what life is to the body. Prayer is to faith what breath is to the body. How a person can live and not breathe is past my comprehension, and how a person can believe and not pray is past my comprehension too.
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Believe Body Faith Life Person Prayer Soul
The world’s idea of greatness is to rule, but Christian greatness consists in serving.
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Greatness Ideas Service World
Take away the cross of Christ, and the Bible is a dark book.
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Book Darkness God Religious
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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Himself Love Reason Yourself
Never be satisfied with the world’s standard of Christianity!
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Religion Satisfaction Standard World
God is far more willing to save sinners than sinners are to be saved.
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God Save Sin Willing
The love of Christ towards His people is a deep well which has no bottom.
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God Himself Love People
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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Better Expectation God Representation World
The Lord Jesus is “a friend who never changes.” There is no fickleness about Him: those whom He loves, He loves to the end.
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Change End Friendship Himself Love
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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Give Up Ideas Impossible Try Walk Wasted Time World
Praying and sinning will never live together in the same heart. Prayer will consume sin, or sin will choke prayer.
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Live Place Prayer Sin Togetherness
According to the men of the world, few are going to hell; According to the Bible, few are going to heaven.
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Heaven Hell Man Religious World
Why is a believer patient? Because he looks for the coming of the Lord…He waits quietly for the King.
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Believe Himself Patience Quiet Wait
The Word of God is ROCK. All else is sand.
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God Religious Scripture World

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