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I sometimes think that the very essence of the whole Christian position and the secret of a successful spiritual life is just to realize two things... I must have complete, absolute confidence in God and no confidence in myself.

Martyn Lloyd-Jones

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Martyn Lloyd-Jones
Age: 81 †
Born: 1899
Born: December 20
Died: 1981
Died: March 1
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The worst thing that can happen to a man is to succeed before he is ready.
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Grace is favor shown to people who do not deserve any favor at all.
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Man was never meant to be a god, but he is forever trying to deify himself.
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There is nothing more foolish or self-defeating than for a Christian to say that he is not interested in doctrines.
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Faith always shows itself in the whole personality.
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I am not asking whether you know things about Him but do you know God, are you enjoying God, is God the centre of your life, the soul of your being, the source of your greatest joy? He is meant to be.
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If you look at your past and are depressed it means that you are listening to the devil.
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The nearer a man gets to God, the greater he sees his sin.
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Human will-power alone is not enough. Will-power is excellent and we should always be using it but it is not enough. A desire to live a good life is not enough. Obviously we should all have that desire, but it will not guarantee success.
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Have you realized that most of your unhappiness in life is due to the fact that you are listening to yourself instead of talking to yourself?
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We should go into His presence as a child goes to his father. We do it with reverence and godly fear, of course, but we should go with a childlike confidence and simplicity.
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If you doubt your sins have been forgiven, that in itself is sin.
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What is the chief end of preaching? I like to think it is this: It is to give men and women a sense of God and His presence.
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The very God whom we have offended has Himself provided the way whereby the offense has been dealt with. His anger, His wrath against sin and the sinner, has been satisfied, appeased and He therefore can now thus reconcile man unto Himself.
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The Christian is a man who can be certain about the ultimate even when he is most uncertain about the immediate.
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Faith is this extraordinary principle which links man to God faith is this thing that keeps a man from hell and puts him in heaven it is the connection between this world and the world to come faith is this mystic astounding thing that can take a man dead in trespasses and sins and make him live as a new being, a new man in Christ Jesus.
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