The Gospel was not meant merely to reside in our intellect, memories, and tongues, but to be seen in our lives.
J. C. RYLELet us read our Bibles reverently and diligently, with an honest determination to believe and practice all we find in them.
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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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Let us be very careful that we never exalt any minister, or sermon, or book, or friend above the Word of God.
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Nothing is so offensive to Christ as lukewarmness in religion.
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The world’s idea of greatness is to rule, but Christian greatness consists in serving.
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Prayer needs neither learning, wisdom or book knowledge to begin it. It needs nothing but heart and will.
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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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No one ever reached heaven without repentance toward God, and faith toward our Lord 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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The fear of punishment, the desire of reward, the sense of duty, are all useful arguments, in their way, to persuade people to holiness. But they are all weak and powerless, until a person loves Christ.
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Never be satisfied with the world’s standard of Christianity!
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Let us resolve by God’s grace, that however poor and feeble our prayers may seem to be, we will pray on.
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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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Since Satan can’t destroy the gospel, he has too often neutralized its usefulness by addition, subtraction or substitution.
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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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Laughter, ridicule, opposition, persecution, are often the only reward which Christ’s followers get from the world.
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