Every fresh act of sin lessens fear and remorse, hardens our hearts, blunts the edge of our conscience, and increases our evil inclination.
J. C. RYLESince Satan can’t destroy the gospel, he has too often neutralized its usefulness by addition, subtraction or substitution.
More J. C. Ryle Quotes
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The eye of God! Think of that. Everywhere, in every house, in every field, in every room, in every company, alone or in a crowd, the eye of God is always upon you.
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Beware of letting small faults pass unnoticed under the idea it is a little one. There are no little things in training children; all are important. Little weeds need plucking up as much as any. Leave them alone and they will soon be great.
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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 God has given His Son to die for us, let us beware of doubting His kindness and love in any painful providence of our daily life.
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Our Lord has many weak children in his family, many dull pupils in his school, many raw soldiers in his army, many lame sheep in his flock. Yet he bears with them all, and casts none away. Happy is that Christian who has learned to do likewise with his brethren.
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Why is a believer patient? Because he looks for the coming of the Lord…He waits quietly for the King.
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Let us never forget that our chief danger is from within. The world and the devil combined, cannot do us as much harm as our own hearts will, if we do not watch and pray.
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No one ever reached heaven without repentance toward God, and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ.
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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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Love should be the silver thread that runs through all your conduct.
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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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Trials are intended to make us think, to wean us from the world, to send us to the Bible, to drive us to our knees.
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Let us be very careful that we never exalt any minister, or sermon, or book, or friend above the Word of God.
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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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The world’s idea of greatness is to rule, but Christian greatness consists in serving.
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