An affection which is not inspired by the Lord will soon be transformed into lust.
WATCHMAN NEEActually, only God can satisfy a Christian’s heart; man cannot.
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Let us ask Him to deliver us from the many external and fragmentary affairs that we may touch only Him.
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True revelation of the fact of the Spirit’s indwelling will revolutionize the life of any Christian.
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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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If you would test the character of anything, you only need to enquire whether that thing leads you to God or away from God.
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I do not consecrate myself to be a missionary or a preacher.
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Whatever the mind sets itself on is what the man walks after.
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Our prayers lay the track down which Gods power can come. Like a mighty locomotive, his power is irresistible, but it cannot reach us without rails.
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Actually, only God can satisfy a Christian’s heart; man cannot.
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Repentance means a change of mind. Formerly, I thought sin as a pleasant thing, but now I have changed my mind about it. Formerly, I thought the world an attractive place, but now I know better.
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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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God will not give me humility, or patience, or holiness, or love as separate investments of His grace. He has given only one gift to meet our need, His Son Christ Jesus.
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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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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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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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The devil abhors light and truth because these remove the ground of his working.
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