A Christian is a walking sermon. They preach far more than a minister does, for they preach all week long.
J. C. RYLEWhat is the best safeguard against false doctrine? The Bible regularly read, regularly prayed over, regularly studied.
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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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The Word of God is ROCK. All else is sand.
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Backsliding, generally first begins with neglect of private prayer.
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It must not content us to take our bodies to church if we leave our hearts at home.
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No time is so well spent in every day as that which we spend upon our knees.
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Fathers and mothers, do not forget that children learn more by the eye than they do by the ear… Imitation is a far stronger principle with children than memory. What they see has a much stronger effect on their minds than what they are told.
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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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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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Do not glory in your own faith, your own feelings, your own knowledge, or your own diligence. Glory in nothing but Christ.
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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 be prayerless is to be without God, without Christ, without grace, without hope, and without heaven.
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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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Praying and sinning will never live together in the same heart. Prayer will consume sin, or sin will choke prayer.
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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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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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