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'CHEYNEGet your texts from God – your thoughts, your words, from God… It is not great talents God blesses so much as great likeness to Jesus.
More Robert Murray M'Cheyne Quotes
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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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My people’s greatest need is my personal holiness
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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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Let us see God before man every day.
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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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Study your prayers, a great part of my time is spent getting in tune for prayer.
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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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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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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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For every look at self, take 10 looks at Christ.
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I am persuaded that I shall obtain the highest amount of present happiness.
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I know well that when Christ is nearest, Satan also is busiest.
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When the voice of Christ speaks through the Word, then you will arise, and leave all, and follow Him.
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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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