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.
WATCHMAN NEENot 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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Prayer enables us first inwardly to overcome the enemy and then outwardly to deal with him.
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Separation to God, separation from the world, is the first principle of Christian living.
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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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All satanic works are performed from the outside inward; all divine works from the inside outward.
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Everyone could smell it. Whenever you meet someone who has really suffered; been limited, gone through things for the Lord, willing to be imprisoned by the Lord.
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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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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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I have received new life; because the Lord Jesus has been exalted to the right hand of the Father, I have received the outpoured Spirit. All is because of Him; nothing is because of me.
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The ‘flesh’ is too bad to be cleansed; it must be crucified.
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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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If Christ lives in us, we will rejoice in everything, and we will thank and praise the Lord. We will say, ‘Hallelujah! Praise the Lord’ forever.
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The Spirit is both a builder and a dweller. He cannot dwell where he has not built; He builds to dwell and dwells in only what he has built.
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Spiritual advancement is measured by faithful obedience.
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Our old history ends with the Cross; our new history begins with the resurrection.
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By the time the average Christian gets his temperature up to normal, everybody thinks he has a fever!
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