Numerous Christians do not know how to glorify God in their eating and drinking. They do not eat and drink simply to keep their body fit for the Lord’s use but indulge to satisfy their personal desires.
WATCHMAN NEEThe devil abhors light and truth because these remove the ground of his working.
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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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To remove warfare from a spiritual life is to render it unspiritual.
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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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There is a line drawn by God, a boundary where by virtue of his own very presence Satan’s writ does not run. Let God but occupy all the space himself, and what room is left for the evil one?
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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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Whatever the mind sets itself on is what the man walks after.
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Often Satan injects pride into the believer’s spirit, evoking in him an attitude of self-importance and of self-conceit. He causes him to esteem himself a very outstanding person, one who is indispensable in God’s work. Such a spirit constitutes one of the major reasons for the fall of believers.
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God not only wants to break the outer man…He wants our spirit and our soul…our inner man and outer man to be separated from each other.
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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 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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An unpeaceful mind cannot operate normally.
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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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Victory is the normal experience of a Christian; defeat should be the abnormal experience.
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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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The life of faith is not only totally different from, but also diametrically opposite to, a life of feeling.
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