The cross grants us position, the Holy Spirit gives us experience.
WATCHMAN NEEThe Lord has shown me that I can do anything, but that He has said, apart from Me ye can do nothing. So it comes to this, that everything I have done, and can still do apart from Him is nothing!
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I do not consecrate myself to be a missionary or a preacher.
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God is not seeking a display of my Christ-likeness , but a manifestation of His Christ.
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The Lord has shown me that I can do anything, but that He has said, apart from Me ye can do nothing. So it comes to this, that everything I have done, and can still do apart from Him is nothing!
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Baptism is an outward expression of an inward faith.
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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.
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We must not pay attention just to reading and studying; rather, we should ask if we are open before the Lord. If we do not have an unveiled face, the glory of the Lord will not shine on us. If our heart is not open to God, God cannot give us any light.
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Good is not always God’s will, but God’s will is always good.
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Our rest lies in looking to the Lord, not to ourselves.
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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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The right attitude is this: that I have my own will, yet I will the will of God.
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The Christian experience, from start to finish, is a journey of faith.
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Food ought not hinder our fellowship with God since it is to be taken purely to preserve the body in health.
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God will not give me humility, or patience, or holiness, or love as separate investments of His grace. He has given only one gift to meet our need, His Son Christ Jesus.
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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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We may be weak, but looking at our weakness will never make us strong.
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