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.
WATCHMAN NEEGod 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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The cross grants us position, the Holy Spirit gives us experience.
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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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I have received new life; because the Lord Jesus has been exalted to the right hand of the Father, I have received the outpoured Spirit. All is because of Him; nothing is because of me.
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A born-again person ought to possess unspeakable peace in the spirit.
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As God’s child advances spiritually be shall discover that the Lord’s time is as important as the Lord’s will. Do not rashly beget an Ishmael lest he become the greatest enemy to Isaac.
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Our bread is not only the Word of God, our meat is not only to do His will, our bread is also…the difficulties that are in our way.
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Our rest lies in looking to the Lord, not to ourselves.
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To remove warfare from a spiritual life is to render it unspiritual.
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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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Revelation is the first step to holiness, and consecration is the second. A day must come in our lives, as definite as the day of our conversion, when we give up all right to ourselves and submit to the absolute Lordship of Jesus Christ.
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Baptism is an outward expression of an inward faith.
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At times it seems we require more grace to lose our wealth than to lose our life!
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Actually, only God can satisfy a Christian’s heart; man cannot.
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Many are so preoccupied with work that they allow little time for prayer. Hence they cannot cast out demons.
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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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