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.
J. C. RYLEHappiness does not depend on outward circumstances, but on the state of the heart.
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No one ever reached heaven without repentance toward God, and faith toward our Lord Jesus 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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The Gospel which we possess was not given to us only to be admired, talked of, and professed – but to be practiced.
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Men fall in private long before they fall in public.
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Love should be the silver thread that runs through all your conduct.
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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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Never let us be guilty of sacrificing any portion of truth on the altar of peace.
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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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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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People fall in private, long before they fall in public. The tree falls with a great crash, but the secret decay which accounts for it, is often not discovered until it is down on the ground.
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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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A religion that costs nothing is worth nothing. A cheap Christianity, without a cross, will prove in the end a useless Christianity, without a crown.
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The love of Christ towards His people is a deep well which has no bottom.
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Sicknesses, losses, crosses, anxieties and disappointments seem absolutely needful to keep us humble, watchful and spiritual-minde d. They are as needful as the pruning knife to the vine and the refiner’s furnace to the gold.
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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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The true secret of spiritual strength is self-distrust and deep humilty.
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Let it never surprise true Christians if they are slandered and misrepresented in this world. They must not expect to fare better than their Lord.
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The world’s idea of greatness is to rule, but Christian greatness consists in serving.
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Never be satisfied with the world’s standard of Christianity!
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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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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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It is not hard to deceive ministers, relatives and friends. But it is impossible to deceive Christ.
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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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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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Nothing is so offensive to Christ as lukewarmness in religion.
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We can never make too much of Christ. He is worthy of all the honor that we can give Him.
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