Learn much of the Lord Jesus. For every look at yourself take ten looks at Christ. He is altogether lovely . . . .
ROBERT MURRAY M'CHEYNELearn much of the Lord Jesus. For every look at yourself take ten looks at Christ. He is altogether lovely . . . .
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Ah! believers, you are a tempted people. You are always poor and needy. And God intends it should be so, to give you constant errands to go to Jesus. Some may say, it is not good to be a believer; but ah! see to whom we can go.
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Even in the wildest storms the sky is not all dark; and so in the darkest dealings of God with His children, there are always some bright tokens for good.
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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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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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I know well that when Christ is nearest, Satan also is busiest.
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The seed of every sin known to man is in my heart.
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Affliction shows the power of Christ’s blood, when it gives peace in an hour of trouble, when it can make happy in sickness, poverty, persecution and death. Do not be surprised if you suffer, but glorify God.
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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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A man is what he is on his knees, and no more.
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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 tell you, brethren, if mercies and if judgments do not convert you, God has no other arrows in His quiver.
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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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Are we not all immortal till our work is done?
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You will be incomplete Christians if you do not look for the coming again of the Lord Jesus
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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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