It must not content us to take our bodies to church if we leave our hearts at home.
J. C. RYLEBacksliding, generally first begins with neglect of private prayer.
More J. C. Ryle Quotes
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Let us strive, every year we live, to become more deeply acquainted with Scripture.
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Love should be the silver thread that runs through all your conduct.
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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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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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Why is a believer patient? Because he looks for the coming of the Lord…He waits quietly for the King.
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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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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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We can never make too much of Christ. He is worthy of all the honor that we can give Him.
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Since Satan can’t destroy the gospel, he has too often neutralized its usefulness by addition, subtraction or substitution.
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Look not to yourselves! You are by nature wretched, miserable, poor, blind and naked. Look simply unto Jesus.
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Wherever we may be, or whatever our circumstances, the Lord Jesus sees them. We are never beyond the reach of His care.
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How is it that many who profess and call themselves Christians, do so little for the Savior whose name they bear?
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Tomorrow 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.
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The true Christian delights to read the Scriptures, because they tell him about his beloved Savior.
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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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