It was the whole Trinity, which at the beginning of creation said, “Let us make man”. It was the whole Trinity again, which at the beginning of the Gospel seemed to say, “Let us save man”.
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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Praying and sinning will never live together in the same heart. Prayer will consume sin, or sin will choke prayer.
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However corrupt our hearts, and however wicked our past lives, there is hope for us in the Gospel.
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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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Love should be the silver thread that runs through all your conduct.
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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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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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Prayer needs neither learning, wisdom or book knowledge to begin it. It needs nothing but heart and will.
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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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Let us seek friends that will stir up our prayers, our Bible reading, our use of time, and our salvation.
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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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If you do not love Christ, let me tell you plainly what is the reason. You have no sense of debt to him.
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Live as if you thought that Christ might come at any time.
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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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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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I fear we are in danger of forgetting that to HAVE the Bible is one thing, and to READ it quite another.
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