In justification the word to be addressed to man is believe - only believe; in sanctification the word must be 'watch, pray,… — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
Let us resolve by God's grace, that however poor and feeble our prayers may seem to be, we will pray on. — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
Let us resolve by God's grace that, however feeble and poor our prayers may seem to us, we will pray on. — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
If you want to find out how much someone loves you, find out how much they pray for you. — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
The cause of Christ does not need less working, but it does need among the workers, more praying. — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
Next to praying there is nothing so important in practical religion as Bible-reading. — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
A zealous man feels that like a lamp he is made to burn; and if consumed in burning, he has but done… — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
If we would have good ministers, we must remember our Lord’s example, and pray for them. Their work is heavy. Their responsibility… — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
Let us never forget that our chief danger is from within. The world and the devil combined, cannot do us as much… — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
What is the reason that some believers are so much brighter and holier than others? I believe the difference, in nineteen cases… — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
Faith is to the soul what life is to the body. Prayer is to faith what breath is to the body. How… — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
Let us watch against pride in every shape - pride of intellect, pride of wealth, pride of our own goodness. Nothing is… — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
Walk more closely with God. Get nearer to Christ. Seek to exchange hope for assurance. Seek to feel the witness of the… — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
It may well be feared, that there is not enough Biblereading among us. It is not sufficient to have the Book. We… — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
There is not enough Bible-reading among us. It is not sufficient to have the Book. We must actually READ it, and PRAY… — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
When a person’s tongue is extensively wrong, it is absurd, no less than unscriptural, to say that their heart is right. — J. C. Ryle Copy Share
Amidst the flood of dangerous reading, I plead for my Master's book; I call upon you not to forget the book of the soul.… — J. C. Ryle Copy Share
Persecution, in short, is like the goldsmith's stamp on real silver and gold - it is one of the marks of a converted man. — J. C. Ryle Copy Share
The parent who tries to train without setting a good example is building with one hand, and pulling down with the other. — J. C. Ryle Copy Share
We are all naturally self-righteous. It is the family disease of all the children of Adam. — J. C. Ryle Copy Share
Sunday morning, before we go to hear the Word of God preached...let us not rush into God’s presence careless, reckless, and unprepared, as if… — J. C. Ryle Copy Share
O Christian, look up and take comfort. Jesus has prepared a place for you, and those who follow Him shall never perish, neither shall… — J. C. Ryle Copy Share
Let your Christianity be so unmistakable, your eye so single, your heart so whole, your walk so straightforward, that all who see you may… — J. C. Ryle Copy Share
Let it be a settled principle ...that men's salvation, if saved, is wholly of God; and that man's ruin, if lost, is wholly of… — J. C. Ryle Copy Share
If we would know whether our faith is genuine, we do well to ask ourselves how we are living. — J. C. Ryle Copy Share
To be born again is, as it were, to enter upon a new existence, to have a new mind, a new heart, new views,… — J. C. Ryle Copy Share
