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'CHEYNEMy people’s greatest need is my personal holiness
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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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Live near to God, and so all things will appear to you little In comparison to eternal realities.
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Let us see God before man every day.
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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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I never see a sign Licensed to sell spirits without thinking that it is a license to ruin souls.
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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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You will be incomplete Christians if you do not look for the coming again of the Lord 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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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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Joy is increased by spreading it to others.
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A man is what he is on his knees, and no more.
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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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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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Beware of false Christs. Study sanctification to the utmost, but make not a Christ of it.
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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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