Victory is the normal experience of a Christian; defeat should be the abnormal experience.
WATCHMAN NEEVictory is the normal experience of a Christian; defeat should be the abnormal experience.
WATCHMAN NEEEveryone who believes in God must have His revelation in his spirit, or else what he believes is not God but mere human wisdom, ideals or words. Such faith cannot endure the test.
WATCHMAN NEEWith fear and trembling we must rely upon God for guidance in the inner depths. This is the sole way to walk according to the spirit.
WATCHMAN NEELord, I am willing to break my heart in order that I may satisfy Thy heart!
WATCHMAN NEEHe who is able to accept everything gladly from the Lord – including darkness, dryness, flatness – and completely disregard self is he who lives for Him.
WATCHMAN NEEWe 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.
WATCHMAN NEEFood ought not hinder our fellowship with God since it is to be taken purely to preserve the body in health.
WATCHMAN NEEWe consider strong emotion or outward conduct as life. In reality, though, these are not life. We ought to realize that only the Lord is life. Christ is our life. And it is the Lord who lives out this life in us.
WATCHMAN NEEWhatever the mind sets itself on is what the man walks after.
WATCHMAN NEEChristians ought to eliminate their folly. They ought to adopt God’s view of the absolute impossibility for their natural walk to please Him. They must dare to allow the Holy Spirit to point out to them every corruption of the soul life.
WATCHMAN NEEWe should understand that the body is for the Lord and not for ourselves; hence we should refrain from using it for our pleasure.
WATCHMAN NEETake this as the secret of Christ’s life in you: His Spirit dwells in your innermost spirit. Meditate on it, believe in it, and remember it until this glorious truth produces within you a holy fear and wonderment that the Holy Spirit indeed abides in you.
WATCHMAN NEEThe cross grants us position, the Holy Spirit gives us experience.
WATCHMAN NEEOur old history ends with the Cross; our new history begins with the resurrection.
WATCHMAN NEEI 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.
WATCHMAN NEEThe 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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