Man’s thought is always of the punishment that will come to him if he sins. But God’s thought is always of the glory man will miss if he sins. God’s purpose for redemption is glory, glory, glory.
WATCHMAN NEEThere is nothing more tragic than to come to the end of life and know we have been on the wrong course.
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I must first have the sense of God’s possession of me before I can have the sense of His presence with me.
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A person like this is the strongest person. The strongest person is not the one who is able to do something, but the one who is able not to do what he has the power to do.
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Separation to God, separation from the world, is the first principle of Christian living.
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Oh, Lord, you have indeed been gracious to me.
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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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Prayer enables us first inwardly to overcome the enemy and then outwardly to deal with him.
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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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There is nothing more tragic than to come to the end of life and know we have been on the wrong course.
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By the time the average Christian gets his temperature up to normal, everybody thinks he has a fever!
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The devil abhors light and truth because these remove the ground of his working.
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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.
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Frequently the enemy entices Christians to harbor an unforgiving spirit – a very common symptom indeed among God’s children. Such bitterness and fault-finding and enmity inflict a severe blow upon spiritual life.
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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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Christ is the Son of God. He died to atone for men’s sin, and after three days rose again. This is the most important fact in the universe. I die believing in Christ.
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If Christ lives in us, we will rejoice in everything, and we will thank and praise the Lord. We will say, ‘Hallelujah! Praise the Lord’ forever.
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