It must not content us to take our bodies to church if we leave our hearts at home.
J. C. RYLEThere will be no universal peace until the Prince of Peace appears.
More J. C. Ryle Quotes
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Happiness does not depend on outward circumstances, but on the state of the heart.
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No one ever reached heaven without repentance toward God, and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ.
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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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The Lord Jesus is “a friend who never changes.” There is no fickleness about Him: those whom He loves, He loves to the end.
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Do not glory in your own faith, your own feelings, your own knowledge, or your own diligence. Glory in nothing but Christ.
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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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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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A religion that costs nothing is worth nothing. A cheap Christianity, without a cross, will prove in the end a useless Christianity, without a crown.
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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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Nothing perhaps affects man’s character more than the company he keeps
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Never be satisfied with the world’s standard of Christianity!
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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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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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Never let us be guilty of sacrificing any portion of truth on the altar of peace.
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We must read our Bibles like men digging for hidden treasure.
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