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?
WATCHMAN NEEFormerly 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 sight of any trouble strikes terror into the heart of those who do not have faith, but those who trust Him say, ‘Here comes my food.!
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At times it seems we require more grace to lose our wealth than to lose our life!
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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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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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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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God is not seeking a display of my Christ-likeness , but a manifestation of His Christ.
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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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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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Separation to God, separation from the world, is the first principle of Christian living.
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God has supplied all my needs and has not failed me once.
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Prayer enables us first inwardly to overcome the enemy and then outwardly to deal with him.
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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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The Blood deals with what we have done, whereas the Cross deals with what we are. The Blood disposes of our sins, while the Cross strikes at the root of our capacity for sin.
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I consecrate myself to God to do His will where I am, be it in school, office, or kitchen, or wherever He may, in His wisdom, send me.
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With complete consecration comes perfect peace.
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