Men fall in private long before they fall in public.
J. C. RYLEFear not because your prayer is stammering, your words feeble, and your language poor. Jesus can understand you.
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We must read our Bibles like men digging for hidden treasure.
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People fall in private, long before they fall in public. The tree falls with a great crash, but the secret decay which accounts for it, is often not discovered until it is down on the ground.
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It was the whole Trinity, which at the beginning of creation said, “Let us make man”. It was the whole Trinity again, which at the beginning of the Gospel seemed to say, “Let us save man”.
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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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We know but little of true Christianity, if we don’t feel a deep concern about the souls of unconverted people.
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Let us seek friends that will stir up our prayers, our Bible reading, our use of time, and our salvation.
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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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Nothing is so offensive to Christ as lukewarmness in religion.
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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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Pride is the oldest and most common of sins. Humility is the rarest and most beautiful of graces.
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To say that we are sorry for our sins is mere hypocrisy, unless we show that we are really sorry for them, by giving them up. Doing is the very life of repentance.
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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 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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It is not hard to deceive ministers, relatives and friends. But it is impossible to deceive Christ.
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Sin forsaken is one of the best evidences of sin forgiven.
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