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.
WATCHMAN NEEWe 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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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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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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How true it is that without the guidance of the Holy Spirit intellect not only is undependable but also extremely dangerous, because it often confuses the issue of right and wrong.
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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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An affection which is not inspired by the Lord will soon be transformed into lust.
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Food ought not hinder our fellowship with God since it is to be taken purely to preserve the body in health.
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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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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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By the time the average Christian gets his temperature up to normal, everybody thinks he has a fever!
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The Christian life from start to finish is based upon this principle of utter dependence upon the Lord Jesus.
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Whatever the mind sets itself on is what the man walks after.
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Our old history ends with the Cross; our new history begins with the resurrection.
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The child of God ought to confess his weakness that he does not know how to pray, and petition the Holy Spirit to teach him.
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People who are lazy, careless, doubtful-minded or arrogant need not expect God to reveal His secret or covenant to them.
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