I want nothing for myself; I want everything for the Lord.
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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Not until we take the place of a servant can He take His place as Lord.
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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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Let us ask Him to deliver us from the many external and fragmentary affairs that we may touch only Him.
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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 consecrate myself to God to do His will where I am, be it in school, office, or kitchen, or wherever He may, in His wisdom, send me.
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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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With complete consecration comes perfect peace.
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I have received new life; because the Lord Jesus has been exalted to the right hand of the Father, I have received the outpoured Spirit. All is because of Him; nothing is because of me.
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Take this as the secret of Christ’s life in you: His Spirit dwells in your innermost spirit. Meditate on it, believe in it, and remember it until this glorious truth produces within you a holy fear and wonderment that the Holy Spirit indeed abides in you.
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I do not consecrate myself to be a missionary or a preacher.
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Whatever the mind sets itself on is what the man walks after.
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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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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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The Christian life from start to finish is based upon this principle of utter dependence upon the Lord Jesus.
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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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