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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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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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Samson is not alone in the history of man in failing in this regard. Delilah is still cutting the hair of man today!
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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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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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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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To keep our hand on the plow while wiping away our tears — THAT is Christianity!
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Our old history ends with the Cross; our new history begins with the resurrection.
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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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Nowadays Christians appear to treat prayer as a means to accomplish their aims and ideas. If they possessed just a little deeper understanding, they would recognize that prayer is but man uttering to God what is God’s will.
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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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The life of faith is not only totally different from, but also diametrically opposite to, a life of feeling.
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Whatever the mind sets itself on is what the man walks after.
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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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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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A Christian life is an unending engagement on the battlefield.
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Teach us to pray that we may cause The enemy to flee, That we his evil power may bind, His prisoners to free.
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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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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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