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.
WATCHMAN NEEActually, only God can satisfy a Christian’s heart; man cannot.
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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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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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Many are so preoccupied with work that they allow little time for prayer. Hence they cannot cast out demons.
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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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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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I have been defeated; in Christ, I am already victorious. How meaningful are the words, “in Christ.”
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Why do so many Christians pray such tiny prayers when their God is so big?
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It is important to receive God’s arrangement in the circumstances. This arrangement is the discipline of the Holy Spirit. To escape God’s arrangement just one time is to lose an opportunity to have our capacity enlarged. A believer can never be the same after passing through suffering.
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Whatever the mind sets itself on is what the man walks after.
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The Christian experience, from start to finish, is a journey of faith.
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All satanic works are performed from the outside inward; all divine works from the inside outward.
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We may be weak, but looking at our weakness will never make us strong.
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Our rest lies in looking to the Lord, not to ourselves.
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I need forgiveness for my sins, but I need also deliverance from the power of sin… I appreciate the blessed fact of God’s forgiveness, but I want something more than that: I want deliverance. I need forgiveness for what I have done, but I need also deliverance from what I am.
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Prayer enables us first inwardly to overcome the enemy and then outwardly to deal with him.
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