J. C. Ryle Quotes
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No one ever said at the end of his days; 'I have read my bible too much, I have thought of God too much, I have prayed too much, I have been too careful with my soul'
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Imagination is the hotbed where this sin is too often hatched. Guard your thoughts, and there will be little fear about your actions.
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No doubt men may easily think too little of God the Father, and God the Spirit, but no man ever thought too much of Christ.
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Surely if there be any habit which your own hand and eye should help in forming, it is the habit of prayer.
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Obedience is the only reality. It is faith visible, faith acting, and faith manifest. It is the test of real discipleship among the Lord's people.
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If anyone feels his sins, let him come at once, straight, direct, not merely to church, or to the sacrament, or to repentance, or to prayer, but to Christ Himself.
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How is it that many who profess and call themselves Christians, do so little for the Savior whose name they bear?
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And I believe it to be a signal evidence of the Spirit's presence when the Word is really precious to a man 's soul.
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O Christian, look up and take comfort. Jesus has prepared a place for you, and those who follow Him shall never perish, neither shall anyone pluck them out of His hands.
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Let us read our Bibles reverently and diligently, with an honest determination to believe and practice all we find in them.
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We are all so sunk in sin, and so wedded to the world, that we would never turn to God and seek salvation, unless He first called us by His grace. Without a divine call, no one can be saved.
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The temple in which the Lord Jesus delights most, is a broken and contrite heart, renewed by the Holy Spirit.