We consider strong emotion or outward conduct as life. In reality, though, these are not life. We ought to realize that only the Lord is life. Christ is our life. And it is the Lord who lives out this life in us.
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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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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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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True revelation of the fact of the Spirit’s indwelling will revolutionize the life of any Christian.
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All satanic works are performed from the outside inward; all divine works from the inside outward.
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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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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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Not until we take the place of a servant can He take His place as Lord.
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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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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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May we see the Lord in all things-way, truth, and life are all found in knowing Him. May we really meet the Son of God and let Him live in us. Amen.
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By the time the average Christian gets his temperature up to normal, everybody thinks he has a fever!
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The Christian experience, from start to finish, is a journey of faith.
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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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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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