Prayer is the acid test of the inner man’s strength. A strong spirit is capable of praying much and praying with all perseverance until the answer comes. A weak one grows weary and fainthearted in the maintenance of praying.
WATCHMAN NEEThe cross grants us position, the Holy Spirit gives us experience.
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We should understand that the body is for the Lord and not for ourselves; hence we should refrain from using it for our pleasure.
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Oh, Lord, you have indeed been gracious to me.
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Just being satisfied with Him and nothing else, immediately you scent the fragrance. There is a savor of the Lord. Something has been crushed, something has been broken, and there is a resulting odor of sweetness.
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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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An unpeaceful mind cannot operate normally.
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The Spirit is both a builder and a dweller. He cannot dwell where he has not built; He builds to dwell and dwells in only what he has built.
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Actually, only God can satisfy a Christian’s heart; man cannot.
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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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Everyone who believes in God must have His revelation in his spirit, or else what he believes is not God but mere human wisdom, ideals or words. Such faith cannot endure the test.
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Baptism is an outward expression of an inward faith.
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I need forgiveness for my sins, but I need also deliverance from the power of sin… I appreciate the blessed fact of God’s forgiveness, but I want something more than that: I want deliverance. I need forgiveness for what I have done, but I need also deliverance from what I am.
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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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The cross grants us position, the Holy Spirit gives us experience.
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Teach us to pray that we may cause The enemy to flee, That we his evil power may bind, His prisoners to free.
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Not until we take the place of a servant can He take His place as Lord.
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