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.
J. C. RYLEThe true Christian delights to read the Scriptures, because they tell him about his beloved Savior.
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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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There will be no universal peace until the Prince of Peace appears.
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And I believe it to be a signal evidence of the Spirit’s presence when the Word is really precious to a man ‘s soul.
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Backsliding, generally first begins with neglect of private prayer.
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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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We can never make too much of Christ. He is worthy of all the honor that we can give Him.
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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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Prayer needs neither learning, wisdom or book knowledge to begin it. It needs nothing but heart and will.
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According to the men of the world, few are going to hell; According to the Bible, few are going to heaven.
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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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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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If you want to find out how much someone loves you, find out how much they pray for you.
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The highest form of selfishness is that of the man who is content to go to heaven alone.
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Let your Christianity be so unmistakable, your eye so single, your heart so whole, your walk so straightforward, that all who see you may have no doubt whose you are, and whom you serve.
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Just 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.
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