We may be weak, but looking at our weakness will never make us strong.
WATCHMAN NEEWith 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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The Christian faith begins not with a big DO but with a big DONE.
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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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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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Many are so preoccupied with work that they allow little time for prayer. Hence they cannot cast out demons.
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At times it seems we require more grace to lose our wealth than to lose our life!
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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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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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Take this as the secret of Christ’s life in you: His Spirit dwells in your innermost spirit. Meditate on it, believe in it, and remember it until this glorious truth produces within you a holy fear and wonderment that the Holy Spirit indeed abides in you.
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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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An unpeaceful mind cannot operate normally.
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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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Negligence in prayer withers the inner man. Nothing can be a substitute for it, not even Christian work.
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Revelation is the first step to holiness, and consecration is the second. A day must come in our lives, as definite as the day of our conversion, when we give up all right to ourselves and submit to the absolute Lordship of Jesus Christ.
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I do not consecrate myself to be a missionary or a preacher.
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