We should understand that the body is for the Lord and not for ourselves; hence we should refrain from using it for our pleasure.
WATCHMAN NEEA person like this is the strongest person. The strongest person is not the one who is able to do something, but the one who is able not to do what he has the power to do.
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Lord, I am willing to break my heart in order that I may satisfy Thy heart!
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To remove warfare from a spiritual life is to render it unspiritual.
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Teach us to pray that we may cause The enemy to flee, That we his evil power may bind, His prisoners to free.
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God is not seeking a display of my Christ-likeness , but a manifestation of His Christ.
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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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An affection which is not inspired by the Lord will soon be transformed into lust.
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Oh, Lord, you have indeed been gracious to me.
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The book of Acts is the best aid in approaching our work. We do not find there anyone consecrating himself as a preacher nor anyone deciding to do the Lord’s work by making himself a missionary or a pastor. What we do see is the Holy Spirit Himself appointing and sending men out to do the work.
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Natural strength is what we receive from the hand of God as Creator. Spiritual strength is what we receive from God in grace.
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The Christian experience, from start to finish, is a journey of faith.
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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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The Christian faith begins not with a big DO but with a big DONE.
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Victory is the normal experience of a Christian; defeat should be the abnormal experience.
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Why do so many Christians pray such tiny prayers when their God is so big?
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The Lord has shown me that I can do anything, but that He has said, apart from Me ye can do nothing. So it comes to this, that everything I have done, and can still do apart from Him is nothing!
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