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Pride is the oldest and most common of sins. Humility is the rarest and most beautiful of graces.


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If you love Christ, never be ashamed to let others see it and know it. Speak for Him. Witness for Him. Live for Him.



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Our prayers may be weak, stammering, and poor in our eyes. But if they come from a right heart, God understands them. Such prayers are His delight.



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Backsliding, generally first begins with neglect of private prayer.



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A religion that costs nothing is worth nothing. A cheap Christianity, without a cross, will prove in the end a useless Christianity, without a crown.



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There is only one door, one bridge, one ladder, between earth and heaven - the crucified Son of God.



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