Our rest lies in looking to the Lord, not to ourselves.
WATCHMAN NEEOutside Christ, I am empty; in Christ, I am full.
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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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I consecrate myself to God to do His will where I am, be it in school, office, or kitchen, or wherever He may, in His wisdom, send me.
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Whatever the mind sets itself on is what the man walks after.
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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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Not by gain our life is measured, But by what we’ve lost ‘Tis scored; ‘Tis not how much wine is drunken But how much has been outpoured. For the strength of love never standeth In the sacrifice we bear; He who has the greatest suffering Ever has the most to share.
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The cross grants us position, the Holy Spirit gives us experience.
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I do not consecrate myself to be a missionary or a preacher.
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A Christian life is an unending engagement on the battlefield.
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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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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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Why do so many Christians pray such tiny prayers when their God is so big?
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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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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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The life of faith is not only totally different from, but also diametrically opposite to, a life of feeling.
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Oh, Lord, you have indeed been gracious to me.
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People who are lazy, careless, doubtful-minded or arrogant need not expect God to reveal His secret or covenant to them.
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Prayer enables us first inwardly to overcome the enemy and then outwardly to deal with him.
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Just being satisfied with Him and nothing else, immediately you scent the fragrance. There is a savor of the Lord. Something has been crushed, something has been broken, and there is a resulting odor of sweetness.
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Victory is the normal experience of a Christian; defeat should be the abnormal experience.
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Lord, I am willing to break my heart in order that I may satisfy Thy heart!
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The child of God ought to confess his weakness that he does not know how to pray, and petition the Holy Spirit to teach him.
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A person like this is the strongest person. The strongest person is not the one who is able to do something, but the one who is able not to do what he has the power to do.
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Nowadays Christians appear to treat prayer as a means to accomplish their aims and ideas. If they possessed just a little deeper understanding, they would recognize that prayer is but man uttering to God what is God’s will.
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To remove warfare from a spiritual life is to render it unspiritual.
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The book of Acts is the best aid in approaching our work. We do not find there anyone consecrating himself as a preacher nor anyone deciding to do the Lord’s work by making himself a missionary or a pastor. What we do see is the Holy Spirit Himself appointing and sending men out to do the work.
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As God’s child advances spiritually be shall discover that the Lord’s time is as important as the Lord’s will. Do not rashly beget an Ishmael lest he become the greatest enemy to Isaac.
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