No time is so well spent in every day as that which we spend upon our knees.
J. C. RYLELook to the cross, think of the cross, meditate on the cross, and then go and set your affections on the world if you can.
More J. C. Ryle Quotes
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It is not hard to deceive ministers, relatives and friends. But it is impossible to deceive Christ.
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The parent who tries to train without setting a good example is building with one hand, and pulling down with the other.
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Let us receive nothing, believe nothing, follow nothing which is not in the Bible, nor can be proved by the Bible.
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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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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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Better to confess Christ 1000 times now and be despised by men, than be disowned by Christ before God on the day of Judgment.
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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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Since Satan can’t destroy the gospel, he has too often neutralized its usefulness by addition, subtraction or substitution.
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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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Knowledge of the Bible never comes by intuition. It can only be obtained by diligent, regular, daily, attentive reading.
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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”.
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Tomorrow 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.
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True Christianity is not merely believing a certain set of dry abstract propositions: it is to live in daily personal communication with an actual living person – Jesus Christ.
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Imagination is the hotbed where this sin is too often hatched. Guard your thoughts, and there will be little fear about your actions.
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Your trials, crosses, and conflicts are all temporary.
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