Let us seek friends that will stir up our prayers, our Bible reading, our use of time, and our salvation.
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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If men come among you who do NOT preach all the counsel of God, who do NOT preach of Christ, sin, holiness, of ruin, redemption, and regeneration, and do NOT preach of these things in a Scriptural way, you ought to cease to hear them.
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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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Never does a person see any beauty in Christ as a Savior, until they discover that they are a lost and ruined sinner.
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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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HATE SIN! Instead of loving it, cleaving to it, excusing it, playing with it, we ought to hate it with a deadly hatred.
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The blood of Christ can cleanse away all sin. But we must ‘plead guilty’ before God can declare us innocent.
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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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Let us receive nothing, believe nothing, follow nothing which is not in the Bible, nor can be proved by the Bible.
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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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Live as if you thought that Christ might come at any time.
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Men fall in private long before they fall in public.
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The true Christian delights to read the Scriptures, because they tell him about his beloved Savior.
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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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There will be no universal peace until the Prince of Peace appears.
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Never be satisfied with the world’s standard of Christianity!
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Nothing is so offensive to Christ as lukewarmness in religion.
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The true secret of spiritual strength is self-distrust and deep humilty.
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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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Pride is the oldest and most common of sins. Humility is the rarest and most beautiful of graces.
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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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Every fresh act of sin lessens fear and remorse, hardens our hearts, blunts the edge of our conscience, and increases our evil inclination.
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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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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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Let us strive, every year we live, to become more deeply acquainted with Scripture.
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Beware of manufacturing a God of your own: a God who is all mercy, but not just. Such a God is an idol of your own.
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God knew what we were before conversion – wicked, guilty, and defiled; yet He loved us. He knows what we will be after conversion – weak, erring, and frail; yet He loves us.
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