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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?

J. C. Ryle

It is not hard to deceive ministers, relatives and friends. But it is impossible to deceive Christ.
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Friendship Hard Impossible Relative
Backsliding, generally first begins with neglect of private prayer.
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Beginning Neglect Prayer Privacy
Whatever others around you think, don’t you ever be ashamed of being a Christian.
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Identity Religious Shame Thinking
Look to the cross, think of the cross, meditate on the cross, and then go and set your affections on the world if you can.
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Affection God Meditation Thinking World Yourself
Take away the cross of Christ, and the Bible is a dark book.
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Book Darkness God Religious
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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Bad Beware Book Reading Yourself
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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Call Dedication Name Religious
No time is so well spent in every day as that which we spend upon our knees.
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Day Ourselves Time
Pride is the oldest and most common of sins. Humility is the rarest and most beautiful of graces.
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Beautiful Grace Humility Pride Rare Sin
Never let us be guilty of sacrificing any portion of truth on the altar of peace.
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Guilty Peace Portion Sacrifice Truth
Nothing is so offensive to Christ as lukewarmness in religion.
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God Offend Religion
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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Determination Diligent Honesty Ourselves Practice Reading
Nothing perhaps affects man’s character more than the company he keeps
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Affect Character Company Himself Man
The nearer we live to God while we live, the more ready we will be to dwell forever in His presence when we die.
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Death God Live Presence Ready
There are eternal consequences resulting from all our thoughts, words and actions, of which we take far too little account.
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Account Action Consequence Forever
Fathers and mothers, do not forget that children learn more by the eye than they do by the ear… Imitation is a far stronger principle with children than memory. What they see has a much stronger effect on their minds than what they are told.
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Children Father Forget Imitation Mindset Mom Principle Strong
Happiness does not depend on outward circumstances, but on the state of the heart.
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Circumstance Happiness Heart State
Our Lord has many weak children in his family, many dull pupils in his school, many raw soldiers in his army, many lame sheep in his flock. Yet he bears with them all, and casts none away. Happy is that Christian who has learned to do likewise with his brethren.
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Education Family God Himself Learning Student Weakness
A Christian is a walking sermon. They preach far more than a minister does, for they preach all week long.
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Lecture Minister Time Walk
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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Give Up Hypocrisy Regret Repent Sin Sorry
We know but little of true Christianity, if we don’t feel a deep concern about the souls of unconverted people.
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Feeling People Religion Soul True
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.
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Beautiful Education God Rich Soul
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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Change End Friendship Himself Love
If you want to find out how much someone loves you, find out how much they pray for you.
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Love Prayer Yourself
Except a man be born again, he will wish one day he had never been born at all.
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Born Day Himself Man
What is the best safeguard against false doctrine? The Bible regularly read, regularly prayed over, regularly studied.
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Best Fake Reading Regular Safety
We must give up the vain idea of trying to please everybody. That is impossible, and the attempt is a mere waste of time. We must be content to walk in Christ’s steps, and let the world say what it likes.
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Give Up Ideas Impossible Try Walk Wasted Time World

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