Self-righteousness….is the largest idol of the human heart – the idol which man loves most and God hates most. Dearly beloved, you will always be going back to this idol.
ROBERT MURRAY M'CHEYNELearn much of the Lord Jesus. For every look at yourself take ten looks at Christ. He is altogether lovely . . . .
More Robert Murray M'Cheyne Quotes
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I never see a sign Licensed to sell spirits without thinking that it is a license to ruin souls.
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Oh how I wished that I had a tongue like thunder, that I might make all hear; or that I had a frame like iron, that I might visit every one and say, Escape for thy life! Ah sinner! You little know how I fear that you will lay the blame of your damnation at my door.
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Get your texts from God – your thoughts, your words, from God… It is not great talents God blesses so much as great likeness to Jesus.
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If I could hear Christ praying for me in the next room, I would not fear a million enemies.
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Live near to God, and so all things will appear to you little In comparison to eternal realities.
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God’s children should pray. They should cry day and night to Him. God hears every one of your cries in the busy hour of the daytime and in the lonely watches of the night.
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I ought to pray before seeing any one. Often when I sleep long, or meet with others early, it is eleven or twelve o’clock before I begin secret prayer.
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This alone can give you peace-I have a high priest in heaven. When you are dying – when friends can do you no good – when sins rise up like spectres around your bed – what can give you peace ? This – “I have a high priest in heaven”
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A man is what he is on his knees, and no more.
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Use your health while you have it, my dear friend and brother. Do not cast away peculiar opportunities that may never come again. You know not when your last Sabbath with your people may come.
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A man who loves you the most is the man who tells you the most truth about yourself.
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For every look at self, take 10 looks at Christ.
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It is a sure mark of grace to desire more.
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Speak for eternity. Above all things, cultivate your own spirit. A word spoken by you when your conscience is clear, and your heart full of God’s Spirit, is worth ten thousand words spoken in unbelief and sin.
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I know well that when Christ is nearest, Satan also is busiest.
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