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Self pity is of the devil, and if I wallow in it, I cannot be used by God for his purpose in the world.

Oswald Chambers

To say that ‘prayer changes things’ is not as close to the truth as saying, ‘prayer changes me and then I change things.’ God has established things so that prayer, on the basis of redemption, changes the way a person looks at things.
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Change Person Prayer Sight Truth Yourself
The life of faith is not a life of mounting up with wings, but a life of walking and not fainting.
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Faint Faith Life Walk Wings
We are only what we are in the dark; all the rest is reputation.
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Character Darkness Ourselves Reputation
You must learn to wrestle against the things that hinder your communication with God.
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Communication God Learning Yourself
Never focus your eyes on the obstacle or the difficulty. The obstacle will be a matter of total indifference to the river that will flow steadily through you if you will simply remember to stay focused on the Source.
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Difficult Flow Focus Obstacle Remember Yourself
The great thing about faith in God is that it keeps a man undisturbed in the midst of disturbance.
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Disturb Faith God Greatness Man
Remember Whose you are and Whom you serve.
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God Remember Service Yourself
Our Lord’s first obedience was to the will of his Father, not to the needs of men; the saving of men was the natural outcome of his obedience to the Father.
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Father Himself Man Obedience Willing
God never gives us discernment in order that we may criticize, but that we may intercede.
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Criticism God Ourselves
The moment we recognize our complete weakness and our dependence upon Him will be the very moment that the Spirit of God will exhibit His power.
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Complete Himself Moments Power Spirit Weakness
We look upon prayer simply as a means of getting things for ourselves, but the biblical purpose of prayer is that we may get to know God Himself.
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God Ourselves Prayer Purpose
When we preach the love of God there is a danger of forgetting that the Bible reveals not first the love of God but the intense, blazing holiness of God, with His love at the center of that holiness.
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God Himself Holy Intense Love
The more you fulfill yourself, the less you will seek God.
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Fulfill God Seek Yourself
Measure your growth in grace by your sensitiveness to sin.
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Growth Measurement Sensitive Sin
Get into the habit of saying, ”Speak, Lord,” and life will become a romance.
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God Habit Life Romance Talk
The greatest test of a man’s character is his tongue.
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Character Greatness Himself Man Test

Self pity is of the devil, and if I wallow in it, I cannot be used by God for his purpose in the world.

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