Life in the spirit is a suffering way, filled with watching and laboring, burdened by weariness and trial, punctuated by heartbreak and conflict.
WATCHMAN NEEAn unpeaceful mind cannot operate normally.
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The cross grants us position, the Holy Spirit gives us experience.
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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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We may be weak, but looking at our weakness will never make us strong.
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A born-again person ought to possess unspeakable peace in the spirit.
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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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It is important to receive God’s arrangement in the circumstances. This arrangement is the discipline of the Holy Spirit. To escape God’s arrangement just one time is to lose an opportunity to have our capacity enlarged. A believer can never be the same after passing through suffering.
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Because 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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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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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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Oh, Lord, you have indeed been gracious to me.
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To remove warfare from a spiritual life is to render it unspiritual.
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The Lord has shown me that I can do anything, but that He has said, apart from Me ye can do nothing. So it comes to this, that everything I have done, and can still do apart from Him is nothing!
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We must not pay attention just to reading and studying; rather, we should ask if we are open before the Lord. If we do not have an unveiled face, the glory of the Lord will not shine on us. If our heart is not open to God, God cannot give us any light.
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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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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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