To keep our hand on the plow while wiping away our tears — THAT is Christianity!
WATCHMAN NEEVictory is the normal experience of a Christian; defeat should be the abnormal experience.
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Formerly I regarded it miserable business to be a Christian, but now I think differently. Once I thought certain things delightful, now I think them vile. Once I thought other things utterly worthless, now I think them most precious. That is a change of mind, and that is repentance.
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Good is not always God’s will, but God’s will is always good.
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Often Satan injects pride into the believer’s spirit, evoking in him an attitude of self-importance and of self-conceit. He causes him to esteem himself a very outstanding person, one who is indispensable in God’s work. Such a spirit constitutes one of the major reasons for the fall of believers.
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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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Spiritual advancement is measured by faithful obedience.
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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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Many are so preoccupied with work that they allow little time for prayer. Hence they cannot cast out demons.
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An unpeaceful mind cannot operate normally.
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The child of God ought to confess his weakness that he does not know how to pray, and petition the Holy Spirit to teach him.
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An affection which is not inspired by the Lord will soon be transformed into lust.
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I do not consecrate myself to be a missionary or a preacher.
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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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Prayer enables us first inwardly to overcome the enemy and then outwardly to deal with him.
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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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Because the Lord Jesus died on the Cross, I have received forgiveness of sins; because the Lord Jesus rose from the dead,
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