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.
WATCHMAN NEEHow true it is that without the guidance of the Holy Spirit intellect not only is undependable but also extremely dangerous, because it often confuses the issue of right and wrong.
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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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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.
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The greatest negative in the universe is the Cross, for with it God wiped out everything that was not of Himself: the greatest positive in the universe is the resurrection, for through it God brought into being all.
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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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Why do so many Christians pray such tiny prayers when their God is so big?
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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 Christian life from start to finish is based upon this principle of utter dependence upon the Lord Jesus.
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I have received new life; because the Lord Jesus has been exalted to the right hand of the Father, I have received the outpoured Spirit. All is because of Him; nothing is because of me.
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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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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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An affection which is not inspired by the Lord will soon be transformed into lust.
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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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The right attitude is this: that I have my own will, yet I will the will of God.
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Food ought not hinder our fellowship with God since it is to be taken purely to preserve the body in health.
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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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The book of Acts is the best aid in approaching our work. We do not find there anyone consecrating himself as a preacher nor anyone deciding to do the Lord’s work by making himself a missionary or a pastor. What we do see is the Holy Spirit Himself appointing and sending men out to do the work.
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With complete consecration comes perfect peace.
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To remove warfare from a spiritual life is to render it unspiritual.
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Our bread is not only the Word of God, our meat is not only to do His will, our bread is also…the difficulties that are in our way.
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The ‘flesh’ is too bad to be cleansed; it must be crucified.
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Because the Lord Jesus died on the Cross, I have received forgiveness of sins; because the Lord Jesus rose from the dead,
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To bear the cross means that you refrain from doing what you have the power to do. You are qualified to fulfill your desire, yet you refrain from doing so.
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Outside of Christ, I am only a sinner, but in Christ, I am saved. Outside of Christ, I am empty; in Christ, I am full. Outside of Christ,
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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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Good is not always God’s will, but God’s will is always good.
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A Christian life is an unending engagement on the battlefield.
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