As God’s child advances spiritually be shall discover that the Lord’s time is as important as the Lord’s will. Do not rashly beget an Ishmael lest he become the greatest enemy to Isaac.
WATCHMAN NEEChristians 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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By the time the average Christian gets his temperature up to normal, everybody thinks he has a fever!
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Our rest lies in looking to the Lord, not to ourselves.
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Our old history ends with the Cross; our new history begins with the resurrection.
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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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At times it seems we require more grace to lose our wealth than to lose our life!
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The cross grants us position, the Holy Spirit gives us experience.
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Put very simply, Satan’s power in the world is everywhere. Yet wherever men and women walk in the Spirit, sensitive to the anointing they have from God, that power of his just evaporates.
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It is a life utterly outpoured for the kingdom of God and lived in complete disregard for one’s personal happiness.
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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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We must have a spirit of power towards the enemy, a spirit of love towards men, and a spirit of self-control towards ourselves.
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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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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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A born-again person ought to possess unspeakable peace in the spirit.
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God will answer all our questions in one way and one way only. Namely, by showing us more of his Son.
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Good is not always God’s will, but God’s will is always good.
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