I have been defeated; in Christ, I am already victorious. How meaningful are the words, “in Christ.”
WATCHMAN NEEMan’s thought is always of the punishment that will come to him if he sins. But God’s thought is always of the glory man will miss if he sins. God’s purpose for redemption is glory, glory, glory.
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The greatest negative in the universe is the Cross, for with it God wiped out everything that was not of Himself: the greatest positive in the universe is the resurrection, for through it God brought into being all.
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God is not seeking a display of my Christ-likeness , but a manifestation of His Christ.
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Outside Christ, I am empty; in Christ, I am full.
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Prayer is the acid test of the inner man’s strength. A strong spirit is capable of praying much and praying with all perseverance until the answer comes. A weak one grows weary and fainthearted in the maintenance of praying.
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If you would test the character of anything, you only need to enquire whether that thing leads you to God or away from God.
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Teach us to pray that we may cause The enemy to flee, That we his evil power may bind, His prisoners to free.
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With complete consecration comes perfect peace.
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The breaking of the alabaster box and the anointing of the Lord filled the house with the odor, with the sweetest odor.
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Man’s thought is always of the punishment that will come to him if he sins. But God’s thought is always of the glory man will miss if he sins. God’s purpose for redemption is glory, glory, glory.
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Good is not always God’s will, but God’s will is always good.
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Repentance means a change of mind. Formerly, I thought sin as a pleasant thing, but now I have changed my mind about it. Formerly, I thought the world an attractive place, but now I know better.
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I need forgiveness for my sins, but I need also deliverance from the power of sin… I appreciate the blessed fact of God’s forgiveness, but I want something more than that: I want deliverance. I need forgiveness for what I have done, but I need also deliverance from what I am.
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It does not matter what your personal deficiency, or whether it be a hundred and one different things,
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Baptism is an outward expression of an inward faith.
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Whatever the mind sets itself on is what the man walks after.
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