To keep our hand on the plow while wiping away our tears — THAT is Christianity!
WATCHMAN NEEThe cross grants us position, the Holy Spirit gives us experience.
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Life in the spirit is a suffering way, filled with watching and laboring, burdened by weariness and trial, punctuated by heartbreak and conflict.
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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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True revelation of the fact of the Spirit’s indwelling will revolutionize the life of any Christian.
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Because the Lord Jesus died on the Cross, I have received forgiveness of sins; because the Lord Jesus rose from the dead,
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Christ is the Son of God. He died to atone for men’s sin, and after three days rose again. This is the most important fact in the universe. I die believing in Christ.
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I want nothing for myself; I want everything for the Lord.
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Natural strength is what we receive from the hand of God as Creator. Spiritual strength is what we receive from God in grace.
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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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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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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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Negligence in prayer withers the inner man. Nothing can be a substitute for it, not even Christian work.
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Outside Christ, I am empty; in Christ, I am full.
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Our old history ends with the Cross; our new history begins with the resurrection.
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Separation to God, separation from the world, is the first principle of Christian living.
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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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