Whatever you read, read the Bible first. Beware of bad books: there are plenty in this day. Take heed what you read.
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.
More J. C. Ryle Quotes
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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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It must not content us to take our bodies to church if we leave our hearts at home.
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No one ever said at the end of his days; ‘I have read my bible too much, I have thought of God too much, I have prayed too much, I have been too careful with my soul’
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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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Let us beware of repentance without evidence.
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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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Look not to yourselves! You are by nature wretched, miserable, poor, blind and naked. Look simply unto Jesus.
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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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No time is so well spent in every day as that which we spend upon our knees.
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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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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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To be prayerless is to be without God, without Christ, without grace, without hope, and without heaven.
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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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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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Conversion is not putting a man in an armchair and taking him easily to heaven. It is the beginning of a mighty conflict, in which it costs much to win the victory.
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