Baptism is an outward expression of an inward faith.
WATCHMAN NEEThe right attitude is this: that I have my own will, yet I will the will of God.
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Natural strength is what we receive from the hand of God as Creator. Spiritual strength is what we receive from God in grace.
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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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I need forgiveness for my sins, but I need also deliverance from the power of sin… I appreciate the blessed fact of God’s forgiveness, but I want something more than that: I want deliverance. I need forgiveness for what I have done, but I need also deliverance from what I am.
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Outside Christ, I am empty; in Christ, I am full.
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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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Food ought not hinder our fellowship with God since it is to be taken purely to preserve the body in health.
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God is not seeking a display of my Christ-likeness , but a manifestation of His Christ.
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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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May we always be possessed by the consciousness that we are not our own.
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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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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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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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People who are lazy, careless, doubtful-minded or arrogant need not expect God to reveal His secret or covenant to them.
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Just being satisfied with Him and nothing else, immediately you scent the fragrance. There is a savor of the Lord. Something has been crushed, something has been broken, and there is a resulting odor of sweetness.
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God will not give me humility, or patience, or holiness, or love as separate investments of His grace. He has given only one gift to meet our need, His Son Christ Jesus.
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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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We may be weak, but looking at our weakness will never make us strong.
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The devil abhors light and truth because these remove the ground of his working.
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God not only wants to break the outer man…He wants our spirit and our soul…our inner man and outer man to be separated from each other.
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Samson is not alone in the history of man in failing in this regard. Delilah is still cutting the hair of man today!
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We must have a spirit of power towards the enemy, a spirit of love towards men, and a spirit of self-control towards ourselves.
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God asks for men who are totally broken and who will follow Him even to death to work for Him.
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The right attitude is this: that I have my own will, yet I will the will of God.
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I do not consecrate myself to be a missionary or a preacher.
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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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Not by gain our life is measured, But by what we’ve lost ‘Tis scored; ‘Tis not how much wine is drunken But how much has been outpoured. For the strength of love never standeth In the sacrifice we bear; He who has the greatest suffering Ever has the most to share.
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