The nearer you take anything to the light, the darker its spots will appear; and the nearer you live to God, the more you will see your own utter vileness.
ROBERT MURRAY M'CHEYNELive near to God, and so all things will appear to you little In comparison to eternal realities.
More Robert Murray M'Cheyne Quotes
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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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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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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 tell you, brethren, if mercies and if judgments do not convert you, God has no other arrows in His quiver.
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Joy is increased by spreading it to others.
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I am persuaded that I shall obtain the highest amount of present happiness.
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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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Study your prayers, a great part of my time is spent getting in tune for prayer.
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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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Live near to God, and so all things will appear to you little In comparison to eternal realities.
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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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You will be incomplete Christians if you do not look for the coming again of the Lord Jesus
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Let us see God before man every day.
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A man is what he is on his knees, and no more.
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