Prayer is the acid test of the inner man’s strength. A strong spirit is capable of praying much and praying with all perseverance until the answer comes. A weak one grows weary and fainthearted in the maintenance of praying.
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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All satanic works are performed from the outside inward; all divine works from the inside outward.
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With complete consecration comes perfect peace.
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Outside Christ, I am empty; in Christ, I am full.
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A born-again person ought to possess unspeakable peace in the spirit.
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To bear the cross means that you refrain from doing what you have the power to do. You are qualified to fulfill your desire, yet you refrain from doing so.
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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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By the time the average Christian gets his temperature up to normal, everybody thinks he has a fever!
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Baptism is an outward expression of an inward faith.
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Oh, Lord, you have indeed been gracious to me.
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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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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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May we always be possessed by the consciousness that we are not our own.
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The Spirit is both a builder and a dweller. He cannot dwell where he has not built; He builds to dwell and dwells in only what he has built.
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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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The life of faith is not only totally different from, but also diametrically opposite to, a life of feeling.
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