Separation to God, separation from the world, is the first principle of Christian living.
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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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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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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It is important to receive God’s arrangement in the circumstances. This arrangement is the discipline of the Holy Spirit. To escape God’s arrangement just one time is to lose an opportunity to have our capacity enlarged. A believer can never be the same after passing through suffering.
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May we always be possessed by the consciousness that we are not our own.
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There is nothing more tragic than to come to the end of life and know we have been on the wrong course.
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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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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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Formerly I regarded it miserable business to be a Christian, but now I think differently. Once I thought certain things delightful, now I think them vile. Once I thought other things utterly worthless, now I think them most precious. That is a change of mind, and that is repentance.
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I want nothing for myself; I want everything for the Lord.
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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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They must exercise faith in believing God’s estimation of their natural life and must wait patiently for the Holy Spirit to reveal in them what the Bible says of them. Only in this manner will they be led in the way of deliverance.
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Our rest lies in looking to the Lord, not to ourselves.
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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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A born-again person ought to possess unspeakable peace in the spirit.
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I must first have the sense of God’s possession of me before I can have the sense of His presence with me.
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