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.
ROBERT MURRAY M'CHEYNEEven 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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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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You will be incomplete Christians if you do not look for the coming again of the Lord Jesus
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The seed of every sin known to man is in my heart.
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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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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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I know well that when Christ is nearest, Satan also is busiest.
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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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Are we not all immortal till our work is done?
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Beware of false Christs. Study sanctification to the utmost, but make not a Christ of it.
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It is a sure mark of grace to desire more.
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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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Study your prayers, a great part of my time is spent getting in tune for prayer.
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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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It is the mark of a hypocrite to be a Christian everywhere except at home.
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For every look at self, take 10 looks at Christ.
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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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My people’s greatest need is my personal holiness
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I am persuaded that I shall obtain the highest amount of present happiness.
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Do not fear the face of man. Remember how small their anger will appear in eternity.
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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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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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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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Watch against lip religion. Above all abide in Christ and he will abide in you.
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Never forget that the end of a sermon is the salvation of the people.
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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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