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.
WATCHMAN NEEHe who is able to accept everything gladly from the Lord – including darkness, dryness, flatness – and completely disregard self is he who lives for Him.
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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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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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We should understand that the body is for the Lord and not for ourselves; hence we should refrain from using it for our pleasure.
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If we just had more revelation of what we already have, there would be far less prayers and far more praise.
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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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We may be weak, but looking at our weakness will never make us strong.
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Prayer enables us first inwardly to overcome the enemy and then outwardly to deal with him.
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He who is able to accept everything gladly from the Lord – including darkness, dryness, flatness – and completely disregard self is he who lives for Him.
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Lord, I am willing to break my heart in order that I may satisfy Thy heart!
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The devil abhors light and truth because these remove the ground of his working.
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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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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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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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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.
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A born-again person ought to possess unspeakable peace in the spirit.
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