Let us never forget that our chief danger is from within. The world and the devil combined, cannot do us as much harm as our own hearts will, if we do not watch and pray.
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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A religion that costs nothing is worth nothing. A cheap Christianity, without a cross, will prove in the end a useless Christianity, without a crown.
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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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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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Jesus hears us, and in His own good time will give an answer… He may sometimes keep us long waiting…but He will never send us empty away.
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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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I fear we are in danger of forgetting that to HAVE the Bible is one thing, and to READ it quite another.
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Let us seek friends that will stir up our prayers, our Bible reading, our use of time, and our salvation.
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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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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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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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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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Let it never surprise true Christians if they are slandered and misrepresented in this world. They must not expect to fare better than their Lord.
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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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The Gospel which we possess was not given to us only to be admired, talked of, and professed – but to be practiced.
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The Word of God is ROCK. All else is sand.
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