I want nothing for myself; I want everything for the Lord.
WATCHMAN NEEAn affection which is not inspired by the Lord will soon be transformed into lust.
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Victory is the normal experience of a Christian; defeat should be the abnormal experience.
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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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Formerly 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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The right attitude is this: that I have my own will, yet I will the will of God.
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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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Food ought not hinder our fellowship with God since it is to be taken purely to preserve the body in health.
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God not only wants to break the outer man…He wants our spirit and our soul…our inner man and outer man to be separated from each other.
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Baptism is an outward expression of an inward faith.
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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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We must not pay attention just to reading and studying; rather, we should ask if we are open before the Lord. If we do not have an unveiled face, the glory of the Lord will not shine on us. If our heart is not open to God, God cannot give us any light.
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Prayer enables us first inwardly to overcome the enemy and then outwardly to deal with him.
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A person like this is the strongest person. The strongest person is not the one who is able to do something, but the one who is able not to do what he has the power to do.
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Samson is not alone in the history of man in failing in this regard. Delilah is still cutting the hair of man today!
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Oh, Lord, you have indeed been gracious to me.
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May we always be possessed by the consciousness that we are not our own.
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