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.
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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Actually, only God can satisfy a Christian’s heart; man cannot.
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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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Our rest lies in looking to the Lord, not to ourselves.
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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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Baptism is an outward expression of an inward faith.
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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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Our old history ends with the Cross; our new history begins with the resurrection.
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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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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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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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I am weak; in Christ, I am strong. Outside of Christ, I cannot; in Christ, I am more than able. Outside of Christ,
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Good is not always God’s will, but God’s will is always good.
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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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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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Spiritual advancement is measured by faithful obedience.
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We should understand that the body is for the Lord and not for ourselves; hence we should refrain from using it for our pleasure.
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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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There is nothing more tragic than to come to the end of life and know we have been on the wrong course.
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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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Separation to God, separation from the world, is the first principle of Christian living.
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An affection which is not inspired by the Lord will soon be transformed into lust.
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I do not consecrate myself to be a missionary or a preacher.
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If you would test the character of anything, you only need to enquire whether that thing leads you to God or away from God.
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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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The devil abhors light and truth because these remove the ground of his working.
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Victory is the normal experience of a Christian; defeat should be the abnormal experience.
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