Prayer needs neither learning, wisdom or book knowledge to begin it. It needs nothing but heart and will.
J. C. RYLEJust as the first sign of life in an infant when born into the world is the act of breathing, so the first act of men and women when they are born again is praying.
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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 read our Bibles reverently and diligently, with an honest determination to believe and practice all we find in them.
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Never let us be guilty of sacrificing any portion of truth on the altar of peace.
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The fear of punishment, the desire of reward, the sense of duty, are all useful arguments, in their way, to persuade people to holiness. But they are all weak and powerless, until a person loves Christ.
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Happiness does not depend on outward circumstances, but on the state of the heart.
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God knew what we were before conversion – wicked, guilty, and defiled; yet He loved us. He knows what we will be after conversion – weak, erring, and frail; yet He loves us.
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The love of Christ towards His people is a deep well which has no bottom.
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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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I maintain that to tell a person they are born again, while they are living in carelessness or sin, is a dangerous delusion.
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Wealth is no mark of God’s favor. Poverty is no mark of God’s displeasure.
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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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Faith in the Lord Jesus is the only sure medicine for troubled hearts.
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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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It costs something to be a true Christian. It will cost us our sins, our self-righteousn ess, our ease and our worldliness.
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