Negligence in prayer withers the inner man. Nothing can be a substitute for it, not even Christian work.
WATCHMAN NEEI want nothing for myself; I want everything for the Lord.
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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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The sight of any trouble strikes terror into the heart of those who do not have faith, but those who trust Him say, ‘Here comes my food.!
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A born-again person ought to possess unspeakable peace in the spirit.
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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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Because the Lord Jesus died on the Cross, I have received forgiveness of sins; because the Lord Jesus rose from the dead,
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The Lord has shown me that I can do anything, but that He has said, apart from Me ye can do nothing. So it comes to this, that everything I have done, and can still do apart from Him is nothing!
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I have been defeated; in Christ, I am already victorious. How meaningful are the words, “in Christ.”
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The Christian experience, from start to finish, is a journey of faith.
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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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True revelation of the fact of the Spirit’s indwelling will revolutionize the life of any Christian.
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Numerous Christians do not know how to glorify God in their eating and drinking. They do not eat and drink simply to keep their body fit for the Lord’s use but indulge to satisfy their personal desires.
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The right attitude is this: that I have my own will, yet I will the will of God.
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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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I must first have the sense of God’s possession of me before I can have the sense of His presence with me.
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Put very simply, Satan’s power in the world is everywhere. Yet wherever men and women walk in the Spirit, sensitive to the anointing they have from God, that power of his just evaporates.
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