Many are so preoccupied with work that they allow little time for prayer. Hence they cannot cast out demons.
WATCHMAN NEEActually, only God can satisfy a Christian’s heart; man cannot.
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May we always be possessed by the consciousness that we are not our own.
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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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By the time the average Christian gets his temperature up to normal, everybody thinks he has a fever!
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I do not consecrate myself to be a missionary or a preacher.
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If Christ lives in us, we will rejoice in everything, and we will thank and praise the Lord. We will say, ‘Hallelujah! Praise the Lord’ forever.
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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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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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Negligence in prayer withers the inner man. Nothing can be a substitute for it, not even Christian work.
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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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The cross grants us position, the Holy Spirit gives us experience.
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Prayer is work. The experiences of many children of God demonstrate that it accomplishes far more than does any other form of work. It is also warfare, for it is one of the weapons in fighting the enemy. However, only prayer in the spirit is genuinely effectual.
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Outside Christ, I am empty; in Christ, I am full.
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To keep our hand on the plow while wiping away our tears — THAT is Christianity!
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The breaking of the alabaster box and the anointing of the Lord filled the house with the odor, with the sweetest odor.
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Samson is not alone in the history of man in failing in this regard. Delilah is still cutting the hair of man today!
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