The greatest negative in the universe is the Cross, for with it God wiped out everything that was not of Himself: the greatest positive in the universe is the resurrection, for through it God brought into being all.
WATCHMAN NEEBecause the Lord Jesus died on the Cross, I have received forgiveness of sins; because the Lord Jesus rose from the dead,
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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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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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May we always be possessed by the consciousness that we are not our own.
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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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Victory is the normal experience of a Christian; defeat should be the abnormal experience.
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The Christian faith begins not with a big DO but with a big DONE.
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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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I have been defeated; in Christ, I am already victorious. How meaningful are the words, “in Christ.”
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To keep our hand on the plow while wiping away our tears — THAT is Christianity!
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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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It does not matter what your personal deficiency, or whether it be a hundred and one different things,
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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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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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God has always one sufficient answer, His Son Jesus Christ, and he is the answer to every need.
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The ‘flesh’ is too bad to be cleansed; it must be crucified.
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