Except a man be born again, he will wish one day he had never been born at all.
J. C. RYLELook not to yourselves! You are by nature wretched, miserable, poor, blind and naked. Look simply unto Jesus.
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It costs something to be a true Christian. It will cost us our sins, our self-righteousn ess, our ease and our worldliness.
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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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We must read our Bibles like men digging for hidden treasure.
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Beware of manufacturing a God of your own: a God who is all mercy, but not just. Such a God is an idol of your own.
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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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No one ever reached heaven without repentance toward God, and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ.
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Let us read our Bibles reverently and diligently, with an honest determination to believe and practice all we find in them.
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The Word of God is ROCK. All else is sand.
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Your trials, crosses, and conflicts are all temporary.
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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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No time is so well spent in every day as that which we spend upon our knees.
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If you love Christ, never be ashamed to let others see it and know it. Speak for Him. Witness for Him. Live for Him.
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Conversion is not putting a man in an armchair and taking him easily to heaven. It is the beginning of a mighty conflict, in which it costs much to win the victory.
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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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Whatever you read, read the Bible first. Beware of bad books: there are plenty in this day. Take heed what you read.
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