Prayer needs neither learning, wisdom or book knowledge to begin it. It needs nothing but heart and will. — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
I should as soon expect a farmer to prosper in business who contented himself with sowing his fields and never looking at… — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
Such true worship will stand the test of Christ's great principle, “By their fruits you shall know them”. It sanctifies the Christian's… — 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
Surely if there be any habit which your own hand and eye should help in forming, it is the habit of prayer. — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
We must wrestle earnestly in prayer, like men contending with a deadly enemy for life. — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
To be prayerless is to be without God, without Christ, without grace, without hope, and without heaven. — 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 'means of grace' are such as Bible reading, private prayer, and regularly worshiping God in Church, wherein one hears the Word… — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
The 'means of grace' are such as Bible reading, private prayer, and regularly worshiping God in Church, wherein one hears the Word… — 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
