Live as if you thought that Christ might come at any time.
J. C. RYLETomorrow 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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Fear not because your prayer is stammering, your words feeble, and your language poor. Jesus can understand you.
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The fear of punishment, the desire of reward, the sense of duty, are all useful arguments, in their way, to persuade people to holiness. But they are all weak and powerless, until a person loves Christ.
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Obedience 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 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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Beware of letting small faults pass unnoticed under the idea it is a little one. There are no little things in training children; all are important. Little weeds need plucking up as much as any. Leave them alone and they will soon be great.
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Let us cleave to Christ more closely, love Him more heartily, live to Him more thoroughly, copy Him more exactly, confess Him more boldly, and follow Him more fully.
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If God has given His Son to die for us, let us beware of doubting His kindness and love in any painful providence of our daily life.
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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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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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The nearer we live to God while we live, the more ready we will be to dwell forever in His presence when we die.
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Let us strive, every year we live, to become more deeply acquainted with Scripture.
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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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Unity without the gospel is a worthless unity; it is the very unity of hell.
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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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Let us seek friends that will stir up our prayers, our Bible reading, our use of time, and our salvation.
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