Do not glory in your own faith, your own feelings, your own knowledge, or your own diligence. Glory in nothing but Christ.
J. C. RYLENo one ever reached heaven without repentance toward God, and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ.
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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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Without a thorough conviction of sin, men may seem to come to Jesus and follow Him for a season, but they will soon fall away and return to the world.
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Never be satisfied with the world’s standard of Christianity!
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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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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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A Christian is a walking sermon. They preach far more than a minister does, for they preach all week long.
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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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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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Look to the cross, think of the cross, meditate on the cross, and then go and set your affections on the world if you can.
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Unity without the gospel is a worthless unity; it is the very unity of hell.
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Sicknesses, 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.
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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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Backsliding, generally first begins with neglect of private prayer.
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The love of Christ towards His people is a deep well which has no bottom.
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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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