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Beware of harking back to what you once were when God wants you to be something you have never been.

Oswald Chambers

Don’t read to remember; read to realize.
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Reading Realization Remember
It is not what a man does that is of final importance, but what he is in what he does. The atmosphere produced by a man, much more than his activities, has the lasting influence.
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Activity Atmosphere Himself Important Influence Man
You must learn to wrestle against the things that hinder your communication with God.
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Communication God Learning Yourself
Holiness, not happiness, is the chief end of man.
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End Happiness Holy Man
Trust God, and do the next thing.
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God One Liner Trust
We look upon prayer simply as a means of getting things for ourselves, but the biblical purpose of prayer is that we may get to know God Himself.
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God Ourselves Prayer Purpose
When we no longer seek God for His blessings, we have time to seek Him for Himself.
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Blessing God Himself Seek Time
When you meet a man or woman who puts Jesus Christ first, knit that one to your soul.
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Man Oneself Soul Woman
The great thing about faith in God is that it keeps a man undisturbed in the midst of disturbance.
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Disturb Faith God Greatness Man
God gives us the vision, then he takes us down to the valley to batter us into the shape of the vision, and it is in the valley that so many of us faint and give way. Every vision will be made real if we will have patience.
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God Patience Reality Shape Vision Way
The truth is we have nothing to fear and nothing to overcome because He is all in all and we are more than conquerors through Him.
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Conqueror Fear Himself Truth
The remarkable thing about God is that when you fear God, you fear nothing else, whereas if you do not fear God, you fear everything else.
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Fear God Remark Yourself
The proof that our relationship is right with God is that we do our best whether we feel inspired or not.
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Evidence Inspirational Ourselves Relationship Right
Jesus Christ carries on intercession for us in heaven; the Holy Ghost carries on intercession in us on earth; and we the saints have to carry on intercession for all men.
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Carry Earth Heaven Man
The dearest friend on earth is a mere shadow compared with Jesus Christ.
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Compare Friendship God Shadow Yourself
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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Expectation God Life Manifestation Moral Ourselves
Our Lord’s first obedience was to the will of his Father, not to the needs of men; the saving of men was the natural outcome of his obedience to the Father.
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Father Himself Man Obedience Willing
God rarely allows a person to see how great a blessing he is to others.
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God Greatness Himself Person Rare
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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Call Love Obedience Oneself
God never gives us discernment in order that we may criticize, but that we may intercede.
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Criticism God Ourselves
Yielding to Jesus will break every form of slavery in any human life.
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Break Form Human Life Slave Willing
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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Character Evidence God Regard Truth Word
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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Glory God Himself Judgement Place
Never focus your eyes on the obstacle or the difficulty. The obstacle will be a matter of total indifference to the river that will flow steadily through you if you will simply remember to stay focused on the Source.
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Difficult Flow Focus Obstacle Remember Yourself
It never cost a disciple anything to follow Jesus; to talk about cost when you are in love with anyone is an insult.
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Cost Discipline Follow Insult Talk Yourself
Spiritual maturity is not reached by the passing of the years, but by obedience to the will of God.
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God Obedience Pass Reach Spiritual Time
No power on earth or in hell can conquer the Spirit of God in a human spirit
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Earth God Hell Ourselves Power Religious Spirit

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