We are only what we are in the dark; all the rest is reputation.
OSWALD CHAMBERSGod gives us the vision, then he takes us down to the valley to batter us into the shape of the vision, and it is in the valley that so many of us faint and give way. Every vision will be made real if we will have patience.
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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.
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God does not expect us to imitate Jesus Christ; He expects us to allow the life of Jesus to be manifested in our moral flesh.
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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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Never allow anything that divides or destroys the oneness of your life with Christ to remain in your life without facing it.
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All heaven is interested in the cross of Christ, all hell terribly afraid of it, while men are the only beings who more or less ignore its meaning.
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Obedience to the call of Christ nearly always costs everything to two people- the one who is called, and the one who loves that one.
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Beware of any belief that makes you self-indulgent; it came from the pit, no matter how beautiful it sounds.
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God never gives us discernment in order that we may criticize, but that we may intercede.
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God is the Great Engineer, creating circumstances to bring about moments in our lives of divine importance, leading us to divine appointments.
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Christianity is not devotion to work, or to a cause, or a doctrine, but devotion to a Person, the Lord Jesus Christ.
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If through a broken heart God can bring His purposes to pass in the world, then thank Him for breaking your heart.
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If you are going to be used by God, He will take you through a number of experiences that are not meant for you personally at all. They are designed to make you useful in His hands, and to enable you to understand what takes place in the lives of others.
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Get to the end of yourself where you can do nothing, but where He does everything.
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God will never reveal more truth about himself until you have obeyed what you know already
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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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