Prayer is work. The experiences of many children of God demonstrate that it accomplishes far more than does any other form of work. It is also warfare, for it is one of the weapons in fighting the enemy. However, only prayer in the spirit is genuinely effectual.
WATCHMAN NEEPeople who are lazy, careless, doubtful-minded or arrogant need not expect God to reveal His secret or covenant to them.
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An unpeaceful mind cannot operate normally.
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God will not give me humility, or patience, or holiness, or love as separate investments of His grace. He has given only one gift to meet our need, His Son Christ Jesus.
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The Christian faith begins not with a big DO but with a big DONE.
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All satanic works are performed from the outside inward; all divine works from the inside outward.
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Victory is the normal experience of a Christian; defeat should be the abnormal experience.
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The ‘flesh’ is too bad to be cleansed; it must be crucified.
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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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To remove warfare from a spiritual life is to render it unspiritual.
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Baptism is an outward expression of an inward faith.
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I must first have the sense of God’s possession of me before I can have the sense of His presence with me.
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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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Frequently the enemy entices Christians to harbor an unforgiving spirit – a very common symptom indeed among God’s children. Such bitterness and fault-finding and enmity inflict a severe blow upon spiritual life.
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Revelation is the first step to holiness, and consecration is the second. A day must come in our lives, as definite as the day of our conversion, when we give up all right to ourselves and submit to the absolute Lordship of Jesus Christ.
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Outside of Christ, I am only a sinner, but in Christ, I am saved. Outside of Christ, I am empty; in Christ, I am full. Outside of Christ,
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A born-again person ought to possess unspeakable peace in the spirit.
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