Pride is the oldest and most common of sins. Humility is the rarest and most beautiful of graces.
J. C. RYLEWe 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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No one ever said at the end of his days; ‘I have read my bible too much, I have thought of God too much, I have prayed too much, I have been too careful with my soul’
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Our Lord has many weak children in his family, many dull pupils in his school, many raw soldiers in his army, many lame sheep in his flock. Yet he bears with them all, and casts none away. Happy is that Christian who has learned to do likewise with his brethren.
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Wealth is no mark of God’s favor. Poverty is no mark of God’s displeasure.
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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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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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O Christian, look up and take comfort. Jesus has prepared a place for you, and those who follow Him shall never perish, neither shall anyone pluck them out of His hands.
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The parent who tries to train without setting a good example is building with one hand, and pulling down with the other.
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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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To be prayerless is to be without God, without Christ, without grace, without hope, and without heaven.
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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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Love should be the silver thread that runs through all your conduct.
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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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The highest form of selfishness is that of the man who is content to go to heaven alone.
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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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Never let us be guilty of sacrificing any portion of truth on the altar of peace.
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