I am persuaded that I shall obtain the highest amount of present happiness.
ROBERT MURRAY M'CHEYNEIt is a sure mark of grace to desire more.
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Joy is increased by spreading it to others.
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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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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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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.
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Remember also, the present is your only time to be saved. There is no believing, no repenting, no conversion in the grave—no minister will speak to you there. This is the time of conversion.
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Study your prayers, a great part of my time is spent getting in tune for prayer.
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A man is what he is on his knees, and no more.
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It is a sure mark of grace to desire more.
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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.
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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 Christ justifies you, He will sanctify you! He will not save you and leave you in your sins.
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For every look at self, take 10 looks at Christ.
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There is nothing a natural man hates more than prayer.
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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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Live near to God, and so all things will appear to you little In comparison to eternal realities.
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It is the mark of a hypocrite to be a Christian everywhere except at home.
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I know well that when Christ is nearest, Satan also is busiest.
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Never forget that the end of a sermon is the salvation of the people.
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Watch against lip religion. Above all abide in Christ and he will abide in you.
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Do not fear the face of man. Remember how small their anger will appear in eternity.
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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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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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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 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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Seek to be made holier every day; pray, strive, wrestle for the spirit, to make you like God. Be as much you can with God.
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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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