Numerous Christians do not know how to glorify God in their eating and drinking. They do not eat and drink simply to keep their body fit for the Lord’s use but indulge to satisfy their personal desires.
WATCHMAN NEENatural 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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God not only wants to break the outer man…He wants our spirit and our soul…our inner man and outer man to be separated from each other.
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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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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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I have been defeated; in Christ, I am already victorious. How meaningful are the words, “in Christ.”
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Prayer enables us first inwardly to overcome the enemy and then outwardly to deal with him.
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It is a life utterly outpoured for the kingdom of God and lived in complete disregard for one’s personal happiness.
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To keep our hand on the plow while wiping away our tears — THAT is Christianity!
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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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Our rest lies in looking to the Lord, not to ourselves.
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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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Repentance means a change of mind. Formerly, I thought sin as a pleasant thing, but now I have changed my mind about it. Formerly, I thought the world an attractive place, but now I know better.
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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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Our prayers lay the track down which Gods power can come. Like a mighty locomotive, his power is irresistible, but it cannot reach us without rails.
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I want nothing for myself; I want everything for the Lord.
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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.
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