Pride is the oldest and most common of sins. Humility is the rarest and most beautiful of graces.
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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There will be no universal peace until the Prince of Peace appears.
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Conversion is not putting a man in an armchair and taking him easily to heaven. It is the beginning of a mighty conflict, in which it costs much to win the victory.
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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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What is the best safeguard against false doctrine? The Bible regularly read, regularly prayed over, regularly studied.
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Do not glory in your own faith, your own feelings, your own knowledge, or your own diligence. Glory in nothing but Christ.
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The love of Christ towards His people is a deep well which has no bottom.
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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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Nothing is so offensive to Christ as lukewarmness in religion.
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God is far more willing to save sinners than sinners are to be saved.
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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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Tomorrow is the devil’s day, but today is God’s. Satan does not care how spiritual your intentions are, or how holy your resolutions, if only they are determined to be done tomorrow.
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No one ever reached heaven without repentance toward God, and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ.
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No time is so well spent in every day as that which we spend upon our knees.
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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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Unity without the gospel is a worthless unity; it is the very unity of hell.
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