God does not look at riches, titles, education, or beauty. There is only one thing that God does look at, and that is the soul.
J. C. RYLEHow is it that many who profess and call themselves Christians, do so little for the Savior whose name they bear?
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The world’s idea of greatness is to rule, but Christian greatness consists in serving.
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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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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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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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The Lord Jesus is “a friend who never changes.” There is no fickleness about Him: those whom He loves, He loves to the end.
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Obedience is the only reality. It is faith visible, faith acting, and faith manifest. It is the test of real discipleship among the Lord’s people.
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There is a common, worldly kind of Christianity in this day, which many have, and think they have enough-a cheap Christianity which offends nobody, and requires no sacrifice-which costs nothing, and is worth nothing.
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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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Why is a believer patient? Because he looks for the coming of the Lord…He waits quietly for the King.
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There is only one door, one bridge, one ladder, between earth and heaven – the crucified Son of God.
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Praying and sinning will never live together in the same heart. Prayer will consume sin, or sin will choke prayer.
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Let us strive, every year we live, to become more deeply acquainted with Scripture.
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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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If you want to find out how much someone loves you, find out how much they pray for you.
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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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