J. C. Ryle
J. C. Ryle
John Charles Rylewas the first Anglican bishop of Liverpool...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionClergyman
Date of Birth10 May 1816
inspirational mean grace
Make it a part of every day's business to read and meditate on some portion of God's Word. Private means of grace are just as needful every day for our souls as food and clothing are for our bodies.
grace wish battle
Many, I fear, would like glory, who have no wish for grace. They would [want to] have the wages, but not the work; the harvest, but not the labor; the reaping, but not the sowing; the reward, but not the battle. But it may not be.
eye men grace
A man may just as soon read the Scripture without eyes, as understand the spirit of it without grace.
grace growth together
Growth in grace is one way to be happy in our religion. God has wisely linked together our comfort and our increase in holiness.
christian prayer grace
Do you wish to grow in grace and be a holy Christian? Then never forget the value of prayer.
heart hands grace
On the one hand stand salvation by free grace for Christ's sake; but on the other stands renewal of the carnal heart by the Spirit. We must be changed as well as forgiven; we must be renewed as well as redeemed.
grace world firsts
We are all so sunk in sin, and so wedded to the world, that we would never turn to God and seek salvation, unless He first called us by His grace. Without a divine call, no one can be saved.
christian character grace
Meekness is one of the brightest graces which can adorn the Christian character.
jesus fighting grace
Necessity is laid upon us. We must fight. There are no promises in the Lord Jesus Christ's epistles to the seven churches, except to those who 'overcome.' Where there is grace, there will be conflict. The believer is a soldier. There is no holiness without a warfare. Saved souls will always be found to have fought a fight.
hate heart grace
The heart that has really tasted the grace of Christ, will instinctively hate sin.
long heaven grace
By affliction Christ shows us our emptiness and weakness, draws us to the throne of grace, purifies our affections, weans us from the world, and makes us long for heaven.
prayer heaven grace
To be prayerless is to be without God, without Christ, without grace, without hope, and without heaven.
prayer grace may
Let us resolve by God's grace that, however feeble and poor our prayers may seem to us, we will pray on.
ignorance pride knowing
Pride comes from not knowing yourself and the world. The older you grow, and the more you see, the less reason you will find for being proud. Ignorance and inexperience are the pedestal of pride; once the pedestal is removed - pride will soon come down.