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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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The cross grants us position, the Holy Spirit gives us experience.
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Cross Experience Give Grant Holy Position Spirit
An affection which is not inspired by the Lord will soon be transformed into lust.
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Any Effection Inspire Into Lord Lust Soon Transform
I have been defeated; in Christ, I am already victorious. How meaningful are the words, “in Christ.”
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Already Been Christ Defeat Meaningful Victorious Word
We must have a spirit of power towards the enemy, a spirit of love towards men, and a spirit of self-control towards ourselves.
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Control Enemy Have Love Must Ourselves Power Self Spirit Toward
We think of the Christian life as a ‘changed life’ but it is not that. What God offers us is an ‘exchanged life,’ a ‘substituted life,’ and Christ is our Substitute within.
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Christ Christian exchange God Like Offer Substitute Think
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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Confuse Dangerous Extremely Guidance Holy How Independence Intellect Often Spirit True Without
God asks for men who are totally broken and who will follow Him even to death to work for Him.
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Ask Broken Follow Death Even God Men Totaly Who Work
They must exercise faith in believing God’s estimation of their natural life and must wait patiently for the Holy Spirit to reveal in them what the Bible says of them. Only in this manner will they be led in the way of deliverance.
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Bible Deliverainace Excercise Faith Holy Manner Reveal Spirit Way
Our old history ends with the Cross; our new history begins with the resurrection.
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Begin Cross End History Our Resurrection
Not until we take the place of a servant can He take His place as Lord.
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Lord Not Place Servant Take Until
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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Bear Cross Desire Do Do Power Mean Power Qualify Refrain Rfrrain So
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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Depth God Guidance Inner Must Prayer Rely Trembling Upon With
The greatest negative in the universe is the Cross, for with it God wiped out everything that was not of Himself: the greatest positive in the universe is the resurrection, for through it God brought into being all.
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Cross Everything God Greatest Himself Negative Not Out Universe Was Wipe
People who are lazy, careless, doubtful-minded or arrogant need not expect God to reveal His secret or covenant to them.
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Arrogant Careless Covenant Doubtful Expect Lazy Mindset Need People Reveal Secret
Often Satan injects pride into the believer’s spirit, evoking in him an attitude of self-importance and of self-conceit. He causes him to esteem himself a very outstanding person, one who is indispensable in God’s work. Such a spirit constitutes one of the major reasons for the fall of believers.
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Attitude Believer Connect Evoke Importance Often Pride Satan Self Spirit
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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Christ Dwell Innermost Life Secret Spirit Take You
There is nothing more tragic than to come to the end of life and know we have been on the wrong course.
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Been Come Course End Life More Nothing Tragic Wrong
A person like this is the strongest person. The strongest person is not the one who is able to do something, but the one who is able not to do what he has the power to do.
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Able Like One People Person Power Something Strongest What
All satanic works are performed from the outside inward; all divine works from the inside outward.
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All Divine Inward Outside Outward Person Satanic
Outside Christ, I am empty; in Christ, I am full.
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Christ Empty Full I Am Outside
God is not seeking a display of my Christ-likeness , but a manifestation of His Christ.
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Christ Display God Liknemses Manifestation Seek
Everyone could smell it. Whenever you meet someone who has really suffered; been limited, gone through things for the Lord, willing to be imprisoned by the Lord.
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Been Everybody Imprisoned Limited Lord Meat Really Smell Someone Suffer Thing
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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Crush Immediately Nothing Odor Result Satisfy Savor Scent Something Sweetness
Victory is the normal experience of a Christian; defeat should be the abnormal experience.
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Abnormal Christian Defeatm Should Existence Experience Norman Victory
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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Body Fellowship Food God Health Hinder Ought Preserve Purely
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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Anything Apart Can Do Everything Lord Me Nothing Shown So Ye
At times it seems we require more grace to lose our wealth than to lose our life!
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At Grace Life Lose Require Seem Time Wealth

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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