Victory is the normal experience of a Christian; defeat should be the abnormal experience.
WATCHMAN NEEThe cross grants us position, the Holy Spirit gives us experience.
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All satanic works are performed from the outside inward; all divine works from the inside outward.
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I want nothing for myself; I want everything for the Lord.
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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 devil abhors light and truth because these remove the ground of his working.
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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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Many are so preoccupied with work that they allow little time for prayer. Hence they cannot cast out demons.
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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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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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Prayer enables us first inwardly to overcome the enemy and then outwardly to deal with him.
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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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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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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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We think of the Christian life as a ‘changed life’ but it is not that. What God offers us is an ‘exchanged life,’ a ‘substituted life,’ and Christ is our Substitute within.
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The child of God ought to confess his weakness that he does not know how to pray, and petition the Holy Spirit to teach him.
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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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