Let us ask Him to deliver us from the many external and fragmentary affairs that we may touch only Him.
WATCHMAN NEEMay we see the Lord in all things-way, truth, and life are all found in knowing Him. May we really meet the Son of God and let Him live in us. Amen.
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Man’s thought is always of the punishment that will come to him if he sins. But God’s thought is always of the glory man will miss if he sins. God’s purpose for redemption is glory, glory, glory.
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Separation to God, separation from the world, is the first principle of Christian living.
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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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God has always one sufficient answer, His Son Jesus Christ, and he is the answer to every need.
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I must first have the sense of God’s possession of me before I can have the sense of His presence with me.
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Prayer is work. The experiences of many children of God demonstrate that it accomplishes far more than does any other form of work. It is also warfare, for it is one of the weapons in fighting the enemy. However, only prayer in the spirit is genuinely effectual.
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Everyone who believes in God must have His revelation in his spirit, or else what he believes is not God but mere human wisdom, ideals or words. Such faith cannot endure the test.
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The child of God ought to confess his weakness that he does not know how to pray, and petition the Holy Spirit to teach him.
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He who is able to accept everything gladly from the Lord – including darkness, dryness, flatness – and completely disregard self is he who lives for Him.
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Whatever the mind sets itself on is what the man walks after.
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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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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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Prayer enables us first inwardly to overcome the enemy and then outwardly to deal with him.
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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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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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