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True Christianity is not merely believing a certain set of dry abstract propositions: it is to live in daily personal communication with an actual living person – Jesus Christ.

J. C. Ryle

How is it that many who profess and call themselves Christians, do so little for the Savior whose name they bear?
J. C. RYLE

Call Dedication Name Religious
Jesus hears us, and in His own good time will give an answer… He may sometimes keep us long waiting…but He will never send us empty away.
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Empty Goodness Himself Time Wait
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.
J. C. RYLE

Doubt Eyes Heart Mistake Religious Walk Yourself
Wherever we may be, or whatever our circumstances, the Lord Jesus sees them. We are never beyond the reach of His care.
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Care Circumstance God Himself Reach See
Your trials, crosses, and conflicts are all temporary.
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Conflict Temporary Trial Yourself
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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Act Born Life Man Prayer Woman World
Knowledge of the Bible never comes by intuition. It can only be obtained by diligent, regular, daily, attentive reading.
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Attention Intuition Knowledge Reading
Every fresh act of sin lessens fear and remorse, hardens our hearts, blunts the edge of our conscience, and increases our evil inclination.
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Conscience Evil Fear Heart Ourselves
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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Bad Beware Book Reading Yourself
Faith in the Lord Jesus is the only sure medicine for troubled hearts.
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Faith God Heart Medicine Religious Trouble
Let us receive nothing, believe nothing, follow nothing which is not in the Bible, nor can be proved by the Bible.
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Believe Evidence Ourselves Religious
Beware of manufacturing a God of your own: a God who is all mercy, but not just. Such a God is an idol of your own.
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God Idol Manufacture Mercy Yourself
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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Affection God Meditation Thinking World Yourself
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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Build Goodness Oneself Parents Training
Why is a believer patient? Because he looks for the coming of the Lord…He waits quietly for the King.
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Believe Himself Patience Quiet Wait
The only way to be really happy in such a world as this, is to be ever casting all our cares on God.
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Care God Happiness World

True Christianity is not merely believing a certain set of dry abstract propositions: it is to live in daily personal communication with an actual living person – Jesus Christ.

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True Christianity is not merely believing a certain set of dry abstract propositions: it is to live in daily personal communication with an actual living person – Jesus Christ.

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