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'CHEYNEI 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.
More Robert Murray M'Cheyne Quotes
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It is the mark of a hypocrite to be a Christian everywhere except at home.
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Study your prayers, a great part of my time is spent getting in tune for prayer.
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Joy is increased by spreading it to others.
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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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My people’s greatest need is my personal holiness
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Beware of false Christs. Study sanctification to the utmost, but make not a Christ of it.
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There is nothing a natural man hates more than prayer.
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If I could hear Christ praying for me in the next room, I would not fear a million enemies.
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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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The seed of every sin known to man is in my heart.
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Watch against lip religion. Above all abide in Christ and he will abide in you.
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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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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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A man who loves you the most is the man who tells you the most truth about yourself.
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