Backsliding generally first begins with neglect of private prayer. Bibles read without prayer; sermons heard without prayer; marriages contracted without prayer; journeys undertaken without prayer; residences chosen without. @JCRyle
Have You Not Read?
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“To abide in Christ is nothing less than moment-by-moment desperation and dependence upon Christ to supply what we need to do what He commands.” —Jerod Gilcher #TMSblog
“Living in the Spirit means a daily commitment to please Christ and not to please self.”
― Sinclair B. Ferguson, Devoted to God: Blueprints for Sanctification
Man’s happiness was never meant to be determined by his circumstances, & that is the fatal blunder that we all tend to make…Man’s happiness depends on one thing only – and that is his relationship to God! We must come back to the soul and to God who made it.
-Martyn Lloyd-Jones
…“We were made for Him, we are meant for Him, we have a correspondence with Him, and we will never come to rest until, like that needle on the compass, we strike that northern point, and there we come to rest – nowhere else.”
“Following Christ will cost you much. It will cost your old way of life and forfeiting your past sins. It will cost you a life of ease and living for this world. It will cost you time and treasure. It may even cost you your life. But in the end, you gain far more than you lose.”
"For am I now seeking the favor of men, or of God? Or am I striving to please men? If I were still trying to please men, I would not be a slave of Christ." —Galatians 1:10, Legacy Standard Bible
Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life; the one who believes in Me will live, even if he dies, and everyone who lives and believes in Me will never die. Do you believe this?”
John 11:25-26 NASB
Passion Week
“The most obscene symbol in human history is the Cross; yet in its ugliness it remains the most eloquent testimony to human dignity.”
—R. C. Sproul