Repentance means a change of mind. Formerly, I thought sin as a pleasant thing, but now I have changed my mind about it. Formerly, I thought the world an attractive place, but now I know better.
WATCHMAN NEEThe devil abhors light and truth because these remove the ground of his working.
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They must exercise faith in believing God’s estimation of their natural life and must wait patiently for the Holy Spirit to reveal in them what the Bible says of them. Only in this manner will they be led in the way of deliverance.
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True revelation of the fact of the Spirit’s indwelling will revolutionize the life of any Christian.
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Prayer enables us first inwardly to overcome the enemy and then outwardly to deal with him.
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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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The devil abhors light and truth because these remove the ground of his working.
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May we always be possessed by the consciousness that we are not our own.
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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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Spiritual advancement is measured by faithful obedience.
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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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The life of faith is not only totally different from, but also diametrically opposite to, a life of feeling.
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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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Our old history ends with the Cross; our new history begins with the resurrection.
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The breaking of the alabaster box and the anointing of the Lord filled the house with the odor, with the sweetest odor.
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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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Many are so preoccupied with work that they allow little time for prayer. Hence they cannot cast out demons.
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