Good is not always God’s will, but God’s will is always good.
WATCHMAN NEEPut 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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How easily we make things as way, truth, and life. Or, we call hot atmosphere as life, we label clear thought as life.
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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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God has supplied all my needs and has not failed me once.
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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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Samson is not alone in the history of man in failing in this regard. Delilah is still cutting the hair of man today!
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A born-again person ought to possess unspeakable peace in the spirit.
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To keep our hand on the plow while wiping away our tears — THAT is Christianity!
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How true it is that without the guidance of the Holy Spirit intellect not only is undependable but also extremely dangerous, because it often confuses the issue of right and wrong.
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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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God asks for men who are totally broken and who will follow Him even to death to work for Him.
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Man’s thought is always of the punishment that will come to him if he sins. But God’s thought is always of the glory man will miss if he sins. God’s purpose for redemption is glory, glory, glory.
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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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At times it seems we require more grace to lose our wealth than to lose our life!
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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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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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An affection which is not inspired by the Lord will soon be transformed into lust.
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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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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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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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Our bread is not only the Word of God, our meat is not only to do His will, our bread is also…the difficulties that are in our way.
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Oh, Lord, you have indeed been gracious to me.
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Life in the spirit is a suffering way, filled with watching and laboring, burdened by weariness and trial, punctuated by heartbreak and conflict.
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A Christian life is an unending engagement on the battlefield.
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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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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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Revelation is the first step to holiness, and consecration is the second. A day must come in our lives, as definite as the day of our conversion, when we give up all right to ourselves and submit to the absolute Lordship of Jesus Christ.
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