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.
WATCHMAN NEEJust 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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A Christian life is an unending engagement on the battlefield.
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If Christ lives in us, we will rejoice in everything, and we will thank and praise the Lord. We will say, ‘Hallelujah! Praise the Lord’ forever.
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Our bread is not only the Word of God, our meat is not only to do His will, our bread is also…the difficulties that are in our way.
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We may be weak, but looking at our weakness will never make us strong.
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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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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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The breaking of the alabaster box and the anointing of the Lord filled the house with the odor, with the sweetest odor.
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May we always be possessed by the consciousness that we are not our own.
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True revelation of the fact of the Spirit’s indwelling will revolutionize the life of any Christian.
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Baptism is an outward expression of an inward faith.
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With fear and trembling we must rely upon God for guidance in the inner depths. This is the sole way to walk according to the spirit.
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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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Prayer enables us first inwardly to overcome the enemy and then outwardly to deal with him.
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A born-again person ought to possess unspeakable peace in the spirit.
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How easily we make things as way, truth, and life. Or, we call hot atmosphere as life, we label clear thought as life.
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