Man’s thought is always of the punishment that will come to him if he sins. But God’s thought is always of the glory man will miss if he sins. God’s purpose for redemption is glory, glory, glory.
WATCHMAN NEEI have received new life; because the Lord Jesus has been exalted to the right hand of the Father, I have received the outpoured Spirit. All is because of Him; nothing is because of me.
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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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Negligence in prayer withers the inner man. Nothing can be a substitute for it, not even Christian work.
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Often Satan injects pride into the believer’s spirit, evoking in him an attitude of self-importance and of self-conceit. He causes him to esteem himself a very outstanding person, one who is indispensable in God’s work. Such a spirit constitutes one of the major reasons for the fall of believers.
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Good is not always God’s will, but God’s will is always good.
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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?
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The ‘flesh’ is too bad to be cleansed; it must be crucified.
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Our old history ends with the Cross; our new history begins with the resurrection.
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I have been defeated; in Christ, I am already victorious. How meaningful are the words, “in Christ.”
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Christians ought to eliminate their folly. They ought to adopt God’s view of the absolute impossibility for their natural walk to please Him. They must dare to allow the Holy Spirit to point out to them every corruption of the soul life.
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The life of faith is not only totally different from, but also diametrically opposite to, a life of feeling.
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Not until we take the place of a servant can He take His place as Lord.
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The Christian faith begins not with a big DO but with a big DONE.
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A Christian life is an unending engagement on the battlefield.
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The right attitude is this: that I have my own will, yet I will the will of God.
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We consider strong emotion or outward conduct as life. In reality, though, these are not life. We ought to realize that only the Lord is life. Christ is our life. And it is the Lord who lives out this life in us.
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