Prayer is work. The experiences of many children of God demonstrate that it accomplishes far more than does any other form of work. It is also warfare, for it is one of the weapons in fighting the enemy. However, only prayer in the spirit is genuinely effectual.
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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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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Everyone could smell it. Whenever you meet someone who has really suffered; been limited, gone through things for the Lord, willing to be imprisoned by the Lord.
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God will not give me humility, or patience, or holiness, or love as separate investments of His grace. He has given only one gift to meet our need, His Son Christ Jesus.
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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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Whatever the mind sets itself on is what the man walks after.
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All satanic works are performed from the outside inward; all divine works from the inside outward.
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I do not consecrate myself to be a missionary or a preacher.
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The ‘flesh’ is too bad to be cleansed; it must be crucified.
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To keep our hand on the plow while wiping away our tears — THAT is Christianity!
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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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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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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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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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If you would test the character of anything, you only need to enquire whether that thing leads you to God or away from God.
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