No time is so well spent in every day as that which we spend upon our knees.
J. C. RYLEObedience is the only reality. It is faith visible, faith acting, and faith manifest. It is the test of real discipleship among the Lord’s people.
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It must not content us to take our bodies to church if we leave our hearts at home.
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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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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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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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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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There will be no universal peace until the Prince of Peace appears.
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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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We know but little of true Christianity, if we don’t feel a deep concern about the souls of unconverted people.
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Look not to yourselves! You are by nature wretched, miserable, poor, blind and naked. Look simply unto Jesus.
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I fear we are in danger of forgetting that to HAVE the Bible is one thing, and to READ it quite another.
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The Gospel which we possess was not given to us only to be admired, talked of, and professed – but to be practiced.
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Live as if you thought that Christ might come at any time.
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We must give up the vain idea of trying to please everybody. That is impossible, and the attempt is a mere waste of time. We must be content to walk in Christ’s steps, and let the world say what it likes.
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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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If you want to find out how much someone loves you, find out how much they pray for you.
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People fall in private, long before they fall in public. The tree falls with a great crash, but the secret decay which accounts for it, is often not discovered until it is down on the ground.
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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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It is neglect of the Bible which makes so many a prey to the first false teacher whom they hear.
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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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It is not hard to deceive ministers, relatives and friends. But it is impossible to deceive Christ.
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God does not look at riches, titles, education, or beauty. There is only one thing that God does look at, and that is the soul.
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Take away the cross of Christ, and the Bible is a dark book.
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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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Sin forsaken is one of the best evidences of sin forgiven.
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