At times it seems we require more grace to lose our wealth than to lose our life!
WATCHMAN NEEGod 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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Negligence in prayer withers the inner man. Nothing can be a substitute for it, not even Christian work.
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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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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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An unpeaceful mind cannot operate normally.
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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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If you would test the character of anything, you only need to enquire whether that thing leads you to God or away from God.
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Why do so many Christians pray such tiny prayers when their God is so big?
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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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A born-again person ought to possess unspeakable peace in the spirit.
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May we always be possessed by the consciousness that we are not our own.
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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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Our prayers lay the track down which Gods power can come. Like a mighty locomotive, his power is irresistible, but it cannot reach us without rails.
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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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Separation to God, separation from the world, is the first principle of Christian living.
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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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