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It is a life utterly outpoured for the kingdom of God and lived in complete disregard for one’s personal happiness.

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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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Attitude Believer Connect Evoke Importance Often Pride Satan Self Spirit
We must have a spirit of power towards the enemy, a spirit of love towards men, and a spirit of self-control towards ourselves.
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Control Enemy Have Love Must Ourselves Power Self Spirit Toward
Everyone could smell it. Whenever you meet someone who has really suffered; been limited, gone through things for the Lord, willing to be imprisoned by the Lord.
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Been Everybody Imprisoned Limited Lord Meat Really Smell Someone Suffer Thing
Spiritual advancement is measured by faithful obedience.
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Advancement Faithful Measure Obedience Spiritual
It does not matter what your personal deficiency, or whether it be a hundred and one different things,
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Deficiency Different Hundred Mater One Personal Thing
The Christian life from start to finish is based upon this principle of utter dependence upon the Lord Jesus.
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Based Christian Dependent Finish Jesus Life Lord Principle Start Upon Utter
Good is not always God’s will, but God’s will is always good.
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Always God Good Will
The book of Acts is the best aid in approaching our work. We do not find there anyone consecrating himself as a preacher nor anyone deciding to do the Lord’s work by making himself a missionary or a pastor. What we do see is the Holy Spirit Himself appointing and sending men out to do the work.
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Act Approach Bets Book Our Work
If we just had more revelation of what we already have, there would be far less prayers and far more praise.
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Already Far Have Just Less More One Praise Prayer Revelation
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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Body Fellowship Food God Health Hinder Ought Preserve Purely
As God’s child advances spiritually be shall discover that the Lord’s time is as important as the Lord’s will. Do not rashly beget an Ishmael lest he become the greatest enemy to Isaac.
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Advance Child Discover God Important Lord Shall Spiritually Time Will
How easily we make things as way, truth, and life. Or, we call hot atmosphere as life, we label clear thought as life.
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Atmosphere Clear Easily How Life Make Think Through Way
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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Among Children Christian Common Enemy Entice Frequently God Harbor Inner Spirit Symptom Unforgive
With fear and trembling we must rely upon God for guidance in the inner depths. This is the sole way to walk according to the spirit.
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Depth God Guidance Inner Must Prayer Rely Trembling Upon With
Our old history ends with the Cross; our new history begins with the resurrection.
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Begin Cross End History Our Resurrection
Not by gain our life is measured, But by what we’ve lost ‘Tis scored; ‘Tis not how much wine is drunken But how much has been outpoured. For the strength of love never standeth In the sacrifice we bear; He who has the greatest suffering Ever has the most to share.
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Drunker Gain Life Lost Measure Not Purple Score

It is a life utterly outpoured for the kingdom of God and lived in complete disregard for one’s personal happiness.

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