Backsliding, generally first begins with neglect of private prayer.
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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We must read our Bibles like men digging for hidden treasure.
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Without a thorough conviction of sin, men may seem to come to Jesus and follow Him for a season, but they will soon fall away and return to the world.
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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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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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Faith in the Lord Jesus is the only sure medicine for troubled hearts.
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A religion that costs nothing is worth nothing. A cheap Christianity, without a cross, will prove in the end a useless Christianity, without a crown.
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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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Unity without the gospel is a worthless unity; it is the very unity of hell.
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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 is neglect of the Bible which makes so many a prey to the first false teacher whom they hear.
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Love should be the silver thread that runs through all your conduct.
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God does not look at riches, titles, education, or beauty. There is only one thing that God does look at, and that is the soul.
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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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The world’s idea of greatness is to rule, but Christian greatness consists in serving.
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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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