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If you profess to be a child of God, leave it to the Lord Jesus to sanctify you in His own way.

J. C. Ryle

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J. C. Ryle
Age: 84 †
Born: 1816
Born: May 10
Died: 1900
Died: June 10
Anglican Priest
Bishop Of Liverpool
Cricketer
Writer
Macclesfield
Cheshire
J. C. Ryle
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Let us watch against PRIDE in every shapepride of intellect, pride of wealth, pride in our own goodness.
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Make it a part of every day's business to read and meditate on some portion of God's Word. Private means of grace are just as needful every day for our souls as food and clothing are for our bodies.
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That preaching is sadly defective which dwells exclusively on the mercies of God and the joys of heaven, yet never sets forth the terrors of the Lord and the miseries of hell.
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The incorruptible things are all within the narrow gate. The peace of God which passed all understanding - the bright hope of good things to come - the sense of the Spirit dwelling in us - the consciousness that we are forgiven, safe, insured, provided for in time and eternity, whatever may happen - these are true gold, and lasting riches.
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We may love money without having it, just as we may have money without loving it.
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Millions of people profess and call themselves Christians, whom the Apostle Paul would not have called Christians at all.
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What is the reason that some believers are so much brighter and holier than others? I believe the difference, in nineteen cases out of twenty, arises from different habits about private prayer. I believe that those who are not eminently holy pray little, and those who are eminently holy pray much.
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Go to the cross of Christ, all you that want to be delivered from the power of selfishness.
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How can we love sin, when we remember that because of our sins Jesus died?
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A humble and prayerful person will find a thousand things in the Bible, which the proud student will utterly fail to discern. ~ J.C. Ryle
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When you cannot answer a skeptic, be content to wait for more light but never forsake a great principle.
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The Bible in the pulpit must never supersede the Bible at home.
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Until we give God our heart, we give Him nothing at all.
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To be Christian it will cost a man his love of ease.
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The devil has more knowledge than any of us, and yet is no better for it.
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