We consider strong emotion or outward conduct as life. In reality, though, these are not life. We ought to realize that only the Lord is life. Christ is our life. And it is the Lord who lives out this life in us.
WATCHMAN NEEHe who is able to accept everything gladly from the Lord – including darkness, dryness, flatness – and completely disregard self is he who lives for Him.
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He who is able to accept everything gladly from the Lord – including darkness, dryness, flatness – and completely disregard self is he who lives for Him.
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Prayer is work. The experiences of many children of God demonstrate that it accomplishes far more than does any other form of work. It is also warfare, for it is one of the weapons in fighting the enemy. However, only prayer in the spirit is genuinely effectual.
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There is a line drawn by God, a boundary where by virtue of his own very presence Satan’s writ does not run. Let God but occupy all the space himself, and what room is left for the evil one?
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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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Outside of Christ, I am only a sinner, but in Christ, I am saved. Outside of Christ, I am empty; in Christ, I am full. Outside of Christ,
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The Christian life from start to finish is based upon this principle of utter dependence upon the Lord Jesus.
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The Christian experience, from start to finish, is a journey of faith.
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Samson is not alone in the history of man in failing in this regard. Delilah is still cutting the hair of man today!
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At times it seems we require more grace to lose our wealth than to lose our life!
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Actually, only God can satisfy a Christian’s heart; man cannot.
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Formerly I regarded it miserable business to be a Christian, but now I think differently. Once I thought certain things delightful, now I think them vile. Once I thought other things utterly worthless, now I think them most precious. That is a change of mind, and that is repentance.
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It is a life utterly outpoured for the kingdom of God and lived in complete disregard for one’s personal happiness.
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The Christian faith begins not with a big DO but with a big DONE.
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May we see the Lord in all things-way, truth, and life are all found in knowing Him. May we really meet the Son of God and let Him live in us. Amen.
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To remove warfare from a spiritual life is to render it unspiritual.
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