The Gospel was not meant merely to reside in our intellect, memories, and tongues, but to be seen in our lives.
J. C. RYLEThe Gospel was not meant merely to reside in our intellect, memories, and tongues, but to be seen in our lives.
J. C. RYLELive as if you thought that Christ might come at any time.
J. C. RYLEThe world’s idea of greatness is to rule, but Christian greatness consists in serving.
J. C. RYLEAccording to the men of the world, few are going to hell; According to the Bible, few are going to heaven.
J. C. RYLESicknesses, losses, crosses, anxieties and disappointments seem absolutely needful to keep us humble, watchful and spiritual-minde d. They are as needful as the pruning knife to the vine and the refiner’s furnace to the gold.
J. C. RYLEBacksliding, generally first begins with neglect of private prayer.
J. C. RYLEDo not glory in your own faith, your own feelings, your own knowledge, or your own diligence. Glory in nothing but Christ.
J. C. RYLELet us read our Bibles reverently and diligently, with an honest determination to believe and practice all we find in them.
J. C. RYLETomorrow is the devil’s day, but today is God’s. Satan does not care how spiritual your intentions are, or how holy your resolutions, if only they are determined to be done tomorrow.
J. C. RYLENo time is so well spent in every day as that which we spend upon our knees.
J. C. RYLEWe must read our Bibles like men digging for hidden treasure.
J. C. RYLELet 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.
J. C. RYLEFathers 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.
J. C. RYLEPride is the oldest and most common of sins. Humility is the rarest and most beautiful of graces.
J. C. RYLEThe Word of God is ROCK. All else is sand.
J. C. RYLEThe highest form of selfishness is that of the man who is content to go to heaven alone.
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