The parent who tries to train without setting a good example is building with one hand, and pulling down with the other.
J. C. RYLEIf God has given His Son to die for us, let us beware of doubting His kindness and love in any painful providence of our daily life.
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Imagination is the hotbed where this sin is too often hatched. Guard your thoughts, and there will be little fear about your actions.
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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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It is not hard to deceive ministers, relatives and friends. But it is impossible to deceive Christ.
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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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Take away the cross of Christ, and the Bible is a dark book.
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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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We must read our Bibles like men digging for hidden treasure.
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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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The highest form of selfishness is that of the man who is content to go to heaven alone.
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There are eternal consequences resulting from all our thoughts, words and actions, of which we take far too little account.
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Let your Christianity be so unmistakable, your eye so single, your heart so whole, your walk so straightforward, that all who see you may have no doubt whose you are, and whom you serve.
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Nothing perhaps affects man’s character more than the company he keeps
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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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If God has given His Son to die for us, let us beware of doubting His kindness and love in any painful providence of our daily life.
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Beware of letting small faults pass unnoticed under the idea it is a little one. There are no little things in training children; all are important. Little weeds need plucking up as much as any. Leave them alone and they will soon be great.
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