The flesh lusts against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh.
F.B. MEYERI used to think that God’s gifts were on shelves one above the other and that the taller we grew in Christian character, the more easily we should reach them.
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I believe that if there is one thing which pierces the Master’s heart with unutterable grief, it is not the world’s iniquity, but the Church’s indifferences.
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To be strong, to steer straight onward, to dare to praise God, to sit alone and keep silence because He has laid it upon us, to put our mouths in the dust, if so be there may be hope — here is fortitude indeed.
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The man who prays grows, and the muscles of the soul swell from this whipcord to iron bands.
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The love of God toward you is like the Amazon River flowing down to water a single daisy.
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Iff you are tempted at every step of your earthly journey, and almost beyond endurance; but you will not be tempted beyond what you are able to bear, and with every temptation there will be a way of escape.
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God is down in front. He is in the tomorrows. It is tomorrow that fills men with dread. God is there already. All the tomorrows of our life have to pass Him before they can get to us.
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Consecration is not the act of our feelings but of our WILL.
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Watch the morning watch. Do not see the face of man until you have seen the face of God. Before you enter on the day with its temptations, look up into His face and hide His Word in your heart.
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If you’re not willing to give up everything for Christ, are you willing to be made willing?
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I used to think that God’s gifts were on shelves one above the other and that the taller we grew in Christian character, the more easily we should reach them.
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The spirit of the gospel is in absolute disagreement with the spirit of the world.
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If you are not willing to be used by God, ask God to make you willing to be willing.
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Habits of prayer need careful cultivation.
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Our God is Jehovah of hosts, who can summon unexpected reinforcements at any moment to aid His people. Believe that He is there between you and your difficulty, and what baffles you will flee before Him, as clouds before the gale.
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Temptation may even be a blessing to a man when it reveals to him his weakness and drives him to the almighty Savior. Do not be surprised, then, dear child of God,
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