We should understand that the body is for the Lord and not for ourselves; hence we should refrain from using it for our pleasure.
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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Oh, Lord, you have indeed been gracious to me.
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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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Actually, only God can satisfy a Christian’s heart; man cannot.
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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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Prayer enables us first inwardly to overcome the enemy and then outwardly to deal with him.
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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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Let us ask Him to deliver us from the many external and fragmentary affairs that we may touch only Him.
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I am weak; in Christ, I am strong. Outside of Christ, I cannot; in Christ, I am more than able. Outside of Christ,
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As God’s child advances spiritually be shall discover that the Lord’s time is as important as the Lord’s will. Do not rashly beget an Ishmael lest he become the greatest enemy to Isaac.
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A Christian life is an unending engagement on the battlefield.
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Spiritual advancement is measured by faithful obedience.
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If we just had more revelation of what we already have, there would be far less prayers and far more praise.
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Whatever the mind sets itself on is what the man walks after.
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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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