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.
J. C. RYLELet 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.
More J. C. Ryle Quotes
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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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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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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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It was the whole Trinity, which at the beginning of creation said, “Let us make man”. It was the whole Trinity again, which at the beginning of the Gospel seemed to say, “Let us save man”.
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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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The world’s idea of greatness is to rule, but Christian greatness consists in serving.
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God is far more willing to save sinners than sinners are to be saved.
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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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Unity without the gospel is a worthless unity; it is the very unity of hell.
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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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Fear not because your prayer is stammering, your words feeble, and your language poor. Jesus can understand you.
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No one ever reached heaven without repentance toward God, and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ.
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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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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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