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.
WATCHMAN NEEOur 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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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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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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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.
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Whatever the mind sets itself on is what the man walks after.
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Let us ask Him to deliver us from the many external and fragmentary affairs that we may touch only Him.
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With 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.
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Food ought not hinder our fellowship with God since it is to be taken purely to preserve the body in health.
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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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To keep our hand on the plow while wiping away our tears — THAT is Christianity!
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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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The ‘flesh’ is too bad to be cleansed; it must be crucified.
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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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Our rest lies in looking to the Lord, not to ourselves.
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The greatest negative in the universe is the Cross, for with it God wiped out everything that was not of Himself: the greatest positive in the universe is the resurrection, for through it God brought into being all.
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