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.
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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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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HATE SIN! Instead of loving it, cleaving to it, excusing it, playing with it, we ought to hate it with a deadly hatred.
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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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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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However corrupt our hearts, and however wicked our past lives, there is hope for us in the Gospel.
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Faith in the Lord Jesus is the only sure medicine for troubled hearts.
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There is only one door, one bridge, one ladder, between earth and heaven – the crucified Son of God.
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The world’s idea of greatness is to rule, but Christian greatness consists in serving.
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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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Are you tempted? Look unto Jesus. Are you afflicted? Look unto Jesus. Do all speak evil of you? Look unto Jesus. Do you feel cold, dull, and backsliding? Look unto Jesus.
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Unity without the gospel is a worthless unity; it is the very unity of hell.
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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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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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It is not hard to deceive ministers, relatives and friends. But it is impossible to deceive Christ.
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Our prayers may be weak, stammering, and poor in our eyes. But if they come from a right heart, God understands them. Such prayers are His delight.
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