Live as if you thought that Christ might come at any time.
J. C. RYLELet us seek friends that will stir up our prayers, our Bible reading, our use of time, and our salvation.
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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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Let us seek friends that will stir up our prayers, our Bible reading, our use of time, and our salvation.
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The Gospel was not meant merely to reside in our intellect, memories, and tongues, but to be seen in our lives.
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It is neglect of the Bible which makes so many a prey to the first false teacher whom they hear.
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I fear we are in danger of forgetting that to HAVE the Bible is one thing, and to READ it quite another.
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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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Let us never forget that our chief danger is from within. The world and the devil combined, cannot do us as much harm as our own hearts will, if we do not watch and pray.
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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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Never does a person see any beauty in Christ as a Savior, until they discover that they are a lost and ruined sinner.
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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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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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The true secret of spiritual strength is self-distrust and deep humilty.
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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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Take away the cross of Christ, and the Bible is a dark book.
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How is it that many who profess and call themselves Christians, do so little for the Savior whose name they bear?
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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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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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Trials are intended to make us think, to wean us from the world, to send us to the Bible, to drive us to our knees.
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I maintain that to tell a person they are born again, while they are living in carelessness or sin, is a dangerous delusion.
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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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What is the best safeguard against false doctrine? The Bible regularly read, regularly prayed over, regularly studied.
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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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Look not to yourselves! You are by nature wretched, miserable, poor, blind and naked. Look simply unto Jesus.
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Let us read our Bibles reverently and diligently, with an honest determination to believe and practice all we find in them.
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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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No time is so well spent in every day as that which we spend upon our knees.
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