It does not matter what your personal deficiency, or whether it be a hundred and one different things,
WATCHMAN NEEIf we just had more revelation of what we already have, there would be far less prayers and far more praise.
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Christians ought to eliminate their folly. They ought to adopt God’s view of the absolute impossibility for their natural walk to please Him. They must dare to allow the Holy Spirit to point out to them every corruption of the soul life.
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Lord, I am willing to break my heart in order that I may satisfy Thy heart!
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Separation to God, separation from the world, is the first principle of Christian living.
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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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The Christian life from start to finish is based upon this principle of utter dependence upon the Lord Jesus.
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The book of Acts is the best aid in approaching our work. We do not find there anyone consecrating himself as a preacher nor anyone deciding to do the Lord’s work by making himself a missionary or a pastor. What we do see is the Holy Spirit Himself appointing and sending men out to do the work.
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The Christian faith begins not with a big DO but with a big DONE.
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An affection which is not inspired by the Lord will soon be transformed into lust.
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To remove warfare from a spiritual life is to render it unspiritual.
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Oh, Lord, you have indeed been gracious to me.
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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.
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To keep our hand on the plow while wiping away our tears — THAT is Christianity!
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Prayer is the acid test of the inner man’s strength. A strong spirit is capable of praying much and praying with all perseverance until the answer comes. A weak one grows weary and fainthearted in the maintenance of praying.
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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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The ‘flesh’ is too bad to be cleansed; it must be crucified.
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