Natural strength is what we receive from the hand of God as Creator. Spiritual strength is what we receive from God in grace.
WATCHMAN NEEMany are so preoccupied with work that they allow little time for prayer. Hence they cannot cast out demons.
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Whatever the mind sets itself on is what the man walks after.
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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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Everyone could smell it. Whenever you meet someone who has really suffered; been limited, gone through things for the Lord, willing to be imprisoned by the Lord.
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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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To remove warfare from a spiritual life is to render it unspiritual.
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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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Many are so preoccupied with work that they allow little time for prayer. Hence they cannot cast out demons.
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God has always one sufficient answer, His Son Jesus Christ, and he is the answer to every need.
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The Blood deals with what we have done, whereas the Cross deals with what we are. The Blood disposes of our sins, while the Cross strikes at the root of our capacity for sin.
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The ‘flesh’ is too bad to be cleansed; it must be crucified.
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An affection which is not inspired by the Lord will soon be transformed into lust.
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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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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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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.
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Our rest lies in looking to the Lord, not to ourselves.
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