How true it is that without the guidance of the Holy Spirit intellect not only is undependable but also extremely dangerous, because it often confuses the issue of right and wrong.
WATCHMAN NEEMan’s thought is always of the punishment that will come to him if he sins. But God’s thought is always of the glory man will miss if he sins. God’s purpose for redemption is glory, glory, glory.
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We may be weak, but looking at our weakness will never make us strong.
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Our bread is not only the Word of God, our meat is not only to do His will, our bread is also…the difficulties that are in our way.
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The Christian life from start to finish is based upon this principle of utter dependence upon the Lord Jesus.
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God asks for men who are totally broken and who will follow Him even to death to work for Him.
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It is important to receive God’s arrangement in the circumstances. This arrangement is the discipline of the Holy Spirit. To escape God’s arrangement just one time is to lose an opportunity to have our capacity enlarged. A believer can never be the same after passing through suffering.
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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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The devil abhors light and truth because these remove the ground of his working.
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The life of faith is not only totally different from, but also diametrically opposite to, a life of feeling.
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To bear the cross means that you refrain from doing what you have the power to do. You are qualified to fulfill your desire, yet you refrain from doing so.
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To remove warfare from a spiritual life is to render it unspiritual.
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Christians ought to eliminate their folly. They ought to adopt God’s view of the absolute impossibility for their natural walk to please Him. They must dare to allow the Holy Spirit to point out to them every corruption of the soul life.
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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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An affection which is not inspired by the Lord will soon be transformed into lust.
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God has supplied all my needs and has not failed me once.
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The cross grants us position, the Holy Spirit gives us experience.
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