Sunday morning, before we go to hear the Word of God preached...let us not rush into God’s presence careless, reckless, and unprepared,… — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
When a man’s heart is cold and unconcerned about religion – when his hands are never employed in doing God’s work –… — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
Let us seek friends that will stir up our prayers, our Bible reading, our use of time, and our salvation. — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
If anyone feels his sins, let him come at once, straight, direct, not merely to church, or to the sacrament, or to… — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
Bibles read without prayer; sermons heard without prayer; marriages contracted without prayer; journeys undertaken without prayer; residences chosen without prayer; friendships formed… — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
True worship leads to a more full knowledge of self, God, heaven, duty, doctrine, practice and experience. — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
If you train your children to anything, train them, at least, to a habit of prayer. — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
There are few professing Christians, it may be feared, who strive to imitate Christ in the matter of private devotion. There is… — 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
Jesus hears us, and in His own good time will give an answer... He may sometimes keep us long waiting...but He will… — 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
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
Do you wish to grow in grace and be a holy Christian? Then never forget the value of prayer. — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
Our prayers may be weak, stammering, and poor in our eyes. But if they come from a right heart, God understands them.… — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
Oh, dear friend, if you love your children, I charge you, do not let the early impression of a habit of prayer… — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
What is the cause of most backslidings? I believe, as a general rule, one of the chief causes is neglect of private… — 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
Happy are they, who in the matter of marriage observe three rules. The first is to marry only in the Lord, and… — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
Without the blessing of the Lord, your best endeavors will do no good. He has the hearts of all men in His… — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
No time is so well spent in every day as that which we spend upon our knees. — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
It is not always those who have the most eminent gifts who are the most successful laborers for God. It is generally… — 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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
We are all naturally self-righteous. It is the family disease of all the children of Adam. — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
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 Image
The true secret of spiritual strength is self-distrust and deep humilty. — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
