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Christians ought to eliminate their folly. They ought to adopt God’s view of the absolute impossibility for their natural walk to please Him. They must dare to allow the Holy Spirit to point out to them every corruption of the soul life.

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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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God asks for men who are totally broken and who will follow Him even to death to work for Him.
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Ask Broken Follow Death Even God Men Totaly Who Work
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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Repentance means a change of mind. Formerly, I thought sin as a pleasant thing, but now I have changed my mind about it. Formerly, I thought the world an attractive place, but now I know better.
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Spiritual advancement is measured by faithful obedience.
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May we always be possessed by the consciousness that we are not our own.
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The Spirit is both a builder and a dweller. He cannot dwell where he has not built; He builds to dwell and dwells in only what he has built.
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All satanic works are performed from the outside inward; all divine works from the inside outward.
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All Divine Inward Outside Outward Person Satanic
Lord, I am willing to break my heart in order that I may satisfy Thy heart!
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The devil abhors light and truth because these remove the ground of his working.
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Abhor Because Devil Ground Light Remove Truth Work
I have been defeated; in Christ, I am already victorious. How meaningful are the words, “in Christ.”
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Already Been Christ Defeat Meaningful Victorious Word
The cross grants us position, the Holy Spirit gives us experience.
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Cross Experience Give Grant Holy Position Spirit
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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Oh, Lord, you have indeed been gracious to me.
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Outside of Christ, I am only a sinner, but in Christ, I am saved. Outside of Christ, I am empty; in Christ, I am full. Outside of Christ,
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Christ Outside Save Sinner
Often Satan injects pride into the believer’s spirit, evoking in him an attitude of self-importance and of self-conceit. He causes him to esteem himself a very outstanding person, one who is indispensable in God’s work. Such a spirit constitutes one of the major reasons for the fall of believers.
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Attitude Believer Connect Evoke Importance Often Pride Satan Self Spirit

Christians ought to eliminate their folly. They ought to adopt God’s view of the absolute impossibility for their natural walk to please Him. They must dare to allow the Holy Spirit to point out to them every corruption of the soul life.

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