A saint realizes that it is God who engineers his circumstances; consequently there are no complaints, only unrestrained surrender to Jesus.
OSWALD CHAMBERSWe have to pray with our eyes on God, not on the difficulties.
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Holiness, not happiness, is the chief end of man.
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God is not saving the world; it is done. Our business is to get men and women to realize it.
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When you meet a man or woman who puts Jesus Christ first, knit that one to your soul.
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God does not expect us to imitate Jesus Christ; He expects us to allow the life of Jesus to be manifested in our moral flesh.
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God places His saints where they will bring the most glory to Him, and we are totally incapable of judging where that may be.
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The battle is lost or won in the secret places of the will before God, never first in the external world.
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The moment we recognize our complete weakness and our dependence upon Him will be the very moment that the Spirit of God will exhibit His power.
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Self pity is of the devil, and if I wallow in it, I cannot be used by God for his purpose in the world.
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To say that ‘prayer changes things’ is not as close to the truth as saying, ‘prayer changes me and then I change things.’ God has established things so that prayer, on the basis of redemption, changes the way a person looks at things.
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When God gets us alone through suffering, heartbreak, temptation, disappointment, sickness, or by thwarted friendship – when He gets us absolutely alone, and we are totally speechless, unable to ask even one question, then He begins to teach us.
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Spiritual maturity is not reached by the passing of the years, but by obedience to the will of God.
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The main characteristic which is the proof of the indwelling Spirit is an amazing tenderness in personal dealing, and a blazing truthfulness with regard to God’s Word.
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No power on earth or in hell can conquer the Spirit of God in a human spirit
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We are only what we are in the dark; all the rest is reputation.
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It is not true to say that God wants to teach us something in our trials. Through every cloud He brings our way, He wants us to unlearn something.
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If you are going to be used by God, He will take you through a number of experiences that are not meant for you personally at all. They are designed to make you useful in His hands, and to enable you to understand what takes place in the lives of others.
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The dearest friend on earth is a mere shadow compared with Jesus Christ.
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Yielding to Jesus will break every form of slavery in any human life.
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The more you fulfill yourself, the less you will seek God.
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Don’t plan without God. God seems to have a delightful way of upsetting the plans we have made, when we have not taken Him into account.
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We have to pray with our eyes on God, not on the difficulties.
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Obedience to the call of Christ nearly always costs everything to two people- the one who is called, and the one who loves that one.
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Never take your obedience as the reason God blesses you; obedience is the outcome of being rightly related to God.
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Remember Whose you are and Whom you serve.
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Trust God, and do the next thing.
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I have chosen you!’ Keep that note of greatness in your creed. It is not that you have got God but that He has got you.
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