An unpeaceful mind cannot operate normally.
WATCHMAN NEEThe Blood deals with what we have done, whereas the Cross deals with what we are. The Blood disposes of our sins, while the Cross strikes at the root of our capacity for sin.
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If Christ lives in us, we will rejoice in everything, and we will thank and praise the Lord. We will say, ‘Hallelujah! Praise the Lord’ forever.
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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 a life utterly outpoured for the kingdom of God and lived in complete disregard for one’s personal happiness.
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We 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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With complete consecration comes perfect peace.
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The Christian faith begins not with a big DO but with a big DONE.
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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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By the time the average Christian gets his temperature up to normal, everybody thinks he has a fever!
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We think of the Christian life as a ‘changed life’ but it is not that. What God offers us is an ‘exchanged life,’ a ‘substituted life,’ and Christ is our Substitute within.
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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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We should understand that the body is for the Lord and not for ourselves; hence we should refrain from using it for our pleasure.
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I want nothing for myself; I want everything for the Lord.
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Prayer enables us first inwardly to overcome the enemy and then outwardly to deal with him.
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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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The devil abhors light and truth because these remove the ground of his working.
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