The Christian faith begins not with a big DO but with a big DONE.
WATCHMAN NEEAt times it seems we require more grace to lose our wealth than to lose our life!
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Our prayers lay the track down which Gods power can come. Like a mighty locomotive, his power is irresistible, but it cannot reach us without rails.
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The ‘flesh’ is too bad to be cleansed; it must be crucified.
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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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A 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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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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God is not seeking a display of my Christ-likeness , but a manifestation of His Christ.
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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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There is a line drawn by God, a boundary where by virtue of his own very presence Satan’s writ does not run. Let God but occupy all the space himself, and what room is left for the evil one?
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Baptism is an outward expression of an inward faith.
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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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Good is not always God’s will, but God’s will is always good.
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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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We 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.
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All satanic works are performed from the outside inward; all divine works from the inside outward.
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Prayer is the acid test of the inner man’s strength. A strong spirit is capable of praying much and praying with all perseverance until the answer comes. A weak one grows weary and fainthearted in the maintenance of praying.
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