We may be weak, but looking at our weakness will never make us strong.
WATCHMAN NEEThe Christian life from start to finish is based upon this principle of utter dependence upon the Lord Jesus.
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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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Baptism is an outward expression of an inward faith.
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A Christian life is an unending engagement on the battlefield.
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Just being satisfied with Him and nothing else, immediately you scent the fragrance. There is a savor of the Lord. Something has been crushed, something has been broken, and there is a resulting odor of sweetness.
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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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By the time the average Christian gets his temperature up to normal, everybody thinks he has a fever!
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Frequently the enemy entices Christians to harbor an unforgiving spirit – a very common symptom indeed among God’s children. Such bitterness and fault-finding and enmity inflict a severe blow upon spiritual life.
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God will not give me humility, or patience, or holiness, or love as separate investments of His grace. He has given only one gift to meet our need, His Son Christ Jesus.
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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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Oh, Lord, you have indeed been gracious to me.
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An affection which is not inspired by the Lord will soon be transformed into lust.
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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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The ‘flesh’ is too bad to be cleansed; it must be crucified.
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Why do so many Christians pray such tiny prayers when their God is so big?
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Because the Lord Jesus died on the Cross, I have received forgiveness of sins; because the Lord Jesus rose from the dead,
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