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 God grace Copy Share Image
Wealth is no mark of God’s favor. Poverty is no mark of God’s displeasure. — J. C. Ryle Displeasure Copy Share Image
So long as you do not quarrel with sin, you will never be a truly happy man. — J. C. Ryle Happiness Copy Share Image
Look to the cross, think of the cross, meditate on the cross, and then go and set your affections on the world… — J. C. Ryle Affection Copy Share Image
Am I honest? Am I sincere? Do I really desire first the praise of God? — J. C. Ryle Desire 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 Bible Copy Share Image
We are all naturally self-righteous. It is the family disease of all the children of Adam. — J. C. Ryle Adam Copy Share Image
Beware of letting small faults pass unnoticed under the idea it is a little one. There are no little things in training… — J. C. Ryle Children Copy Share Image
In justification the word to be addressed to man is believe - only believe; in sanctification the word must be 'watch, pray,… — J. C. Ryle Believe Copy Share Image
Sicknesses, losses, crosses, anxieties and disappointments seem absolutely needful to keep us humble, watchful and spiritual-minde d. They are as needful as… — J. C. Ryle Anxieties Copy Share Image
Election is always to sanctification. Where there is no visible fruit of sanctification, we may be sure there is no election. — J. C. Ryle Democracy Copy Share Image
A religion that costs nothing is worth nothing. A cheap Christianity, without a cross, will prove in the end a useless Christianity,… — J. C. Ryle Bishops Copy Share Image
Many, I fear, would like glory, who have no wish for grace. They would [want to] have the wages, but not the… — J. C. Ryle Battle Copy Share Image
Value all books in proportion as they are agreeable to Scripture. Those that are nearest to it are the best, and those… — J. C. Ryle Bible Copy Share Image
The brightest saint is the man who has the most heart-searching sense of his own sinfulness, and the liveliest sense of his… — J. C. Ryle Acceptance Copy Share Image
Lastly, we must be holy, because without holiness on earth - we will never be prepared to enjoy Heaven. ...I do not… — J. C. Ryle Be prepared 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 Burning Copy Share Image
To talk of comparing the Bible with other "sacred books" so called, such as the Koran...or the book of Mormon, is positively… — J. C. Ryle Absurd Copy Share Image
The Bible applied to the heart by the Holy Ghost is the chief means by which men are built up and established… — J. C. Ryle Able Copy Share Image
I want people to fill their minds with passages of Scripture while they are well and strong, that they may have sure… — J. C. Ryle Becoming Copy Share Image
Our Lord has many weak children in his family, many dull pupils in his school, many raw soldiers in his army, many… — J. C. Ryle Army Copy Share Image
If we would be sanctified, our course is clear and plain—we must begin with Christ. We must go to him as sinners,… — J. C. Ryle Application Copy Share Image
Necessity is laid upon us. We must fight. There are no promises in the Lord Jesus Christ's epistles to the seven churches,… — J. C. Ryle Believer Copy Share Image
A right heart leans on Christ, hangs on Christ, builds on Christ and cleaves to Christ. — J. C. Ryle Christ Copy Share Image
True Christians delight to read the Scriptures, because they tell them about their beloved Savior. — J. C. Ryle Beloved Copy Share Image
The highest form of selfishness is that of the man who is content to go to heaven alone. — J. C. Ryle Form Copy Share Image
Prosperity is a great mercy, but adversity is a greater one, if it brings us to Christ. — J. C. Ryle Adversity Copy Share Image
There is no fickleness about Jesus: those whom He loves, He loves to the end. — J. C. Ryle Ends Copy Share Image
The nearer we live to God while we live, the more ready we will be to dwell forever in His presence when… — J. C. Ryle Dies Copy Share Image
No one ever reached heaven without repentance toward God, and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ. — J. C. Ryle Christ 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 God grace Copy Share Image
We know but little of true Christianity, if we don't feel a deep concern about the souls of unconverted people. — J. C. Ryle Christianity Copy Share Image
Except a man be born again, he will wish one day he had never been born at all. — J. C. Ryle Born Copy Share Image
Let us be real, honest, and sincere in our Christianity. We cannot deceive an all-seeing God. — J. C. Ryle Being real Copy Share Image
Sin always seems 'good, and pleasant, and desirable,' at the time of commission. — J. C. Ryle Desirable Copy Share Image
The true Christian delights to hear something about their Master. They like those sermons best which are full of Christ. — J. C. Ryle Christ Copy Share Image
Millions of people profess and call themselves Christians, whom the Apostle Paul would not have called Christians at all. — J. C. Ryle Apostle paul Copy Share Image
It is not hard to deceive ministers, relatives and friends. But it is impossible to deceive Christ. — J. C. Ryle Christ 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 Eye Copy Share Image
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