The 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.
WATCHMAN NEETake 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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Let us ask Him to deliver us from the many external and fragmentary affairs that we may touch only Him.
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Victory is the normal experience of a Christian; defeat should be the abnormal experience.
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An unpeaceful mind cannot operate normally.
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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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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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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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Not until we take the place of a servant can He take His place as Lord.
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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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True revelation of the fact of the Spirit’s indwelling will revolutionize the life of any Christian.
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Our old history ends with the Cross; our new history begins with the resurrection.
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Outside Christ, I am empty; in Christ, I am full.
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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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Our rest lies in looking to the Lord, not to ourselves.
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I am weak; in Christ, I am strong. Outside of Christ, I cannot; in Christ, I am more than able. Outside of Christ,
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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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