The life of faith is not only totally different from, but also diametrically opposite to, a life of feeling.
WATCHMAN NEEPrayer enables us first inwardly to overcome the enemy and then outwardly to deal with him.
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Actually, only God can satisfy a Christian’s heart; man cannot.
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Our old history ends with the Cross; our new history begins with the resurrection.
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I consecrate myself to God to do His will where I am, be it in school, office, or kitchen, or wherever He may, in His wisdom, send me.
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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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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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There is a line drawn by God, a boundary where by virtue of his own very presence Satan’s writ does not run. Let God but occupy all the space himself, and what room is left for the evil one?
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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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Our rest lies in looking to the Lord, not to ourselves.
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Our prayers lay the track down which Gods power can come. Like a mighty locomotive, his power is irresistible, but it cannot reach us without rails.
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The ‘flesh’ is too bad to be cleansed; it must be crucified.
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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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I have been defeated; in Christ, I am already victorious. How meaningful are the words, “in Christ.”
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The Lord has shown me that I can do anything, but that He has said, apart from Me ye can do nothing. So it comes to this, that everything I have done, and can still do apart from Him is nothing!
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Good is not always God’s will, but God’s will is always good.
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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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