Since Satan can’t destroy the gospel, he has too often neutralized its usefulness by addition, subtraction or substitution.
J. C. RYLELet 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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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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Beware of manufacturing a God of your own: a God who is all mercy, but not just. Such a God is an idol of your own.
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Whatever others around you think, don’t you ever be ashamed of being a Christian.
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What is the best safeguard against false doctrine? The Bible regularly read, regularly prayed over, regularly studied.
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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 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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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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Pride is the oldest and most common of sins. Humility is the rarest and most beautiful of graces.
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Prayer needs neither learning, wisdom or book knowledge to begin it. It needs nothing but heart and will.
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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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Sin forsaken is one of the best evidences of sin forgiven.
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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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We can never make too much of Christ. He is worthy of all the honor that we can give Him.
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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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If you love Christ, never be ashamed to let others see it and know it. Speak for Him. Witness for Him. Live for Him.
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Every fresh act of sin lessens fear and remorse, hardens our hearts, blunts the edge of our conscience, and increases our evil inclination.
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Backsliding, generally first begins with neglect of private prayer.
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The nearer we live to God while we live, the more ready we will be to dwell forever in His presence when we die.
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True Christianity is not merely believing a certain set of dry abstract propositions: it is to live in daily personal communication with an actual living person – Jesus Christ.
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Never be satisfied with the world’s standard of Christianity!
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The Word of God is ROCK. All else is sand.
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God is far more willing to save sinners than sinners are to be saved.
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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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Let us beware of repentance without evidence.
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The eye of God! Think of that. Everywhere, in every house, in every field, in every room, in every company, alone or in a crowd, the eye of God is always upon you.
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