We must not pay attention just to reading and studying; rather, we should ask if we are open before the Lord. If we do not have an unveiled face, the glory of the Lord will not shine on us. If our heart is not open to God, God cannot give us any light.
WATCHMAN NEEThe 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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To keep our hand on the plow while wiping away our tears — THAT is Christianity!
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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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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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We think of the Christian life as a ‘changed life’ but it is not that. What God offers us is an ‘exchanged life,’ a ‘substituted life,’ and Christ is our Substitute within.
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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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Negligence in prayer withers the inner man. Nothing can be a substitute for it, not even Christian work.
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Many are so preoccupied with work that they allow little time for prayer. Hence they cannot cast out demons.
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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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God has supplied all my needs and has not failed me once.
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Actually, only God can satisfy a Christian’s heart; man cannot.
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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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To bear the cross means that you refrain from doing what you have the power to do. You are qualified to fulfill your desire, yet you refrain from doing so.
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A born-again person ought to possess unspeakable peace in the spirit.
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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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It does not matter what your personal deficiency, or whether it be a hundred and one different things,
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