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.
WATCHMAN NEEVictory is the normal experience of a Christian; defeat should be the abnormal experience.
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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.
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How easily we make things as way, truth, and life. Or, we call hot atmosphere as life, we label clear thought as life.
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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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Separation to God, separation from the world, is the first principle of Christian living.
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The book of Acts is the best aid in approaching our work. We do not find there anyone consecrating himself as a preacher nor anyone deciding to do the Lord’s work by making himself a missionary or a pastor. What we do see is the Holy Spirit Himself appointing and sending men out to do the work.
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The Blood deals with what we have done, whereas the Cross deals with what we are. The Blood disposes of our sins, while the Cross strikes at the root of our capacity for sin.
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The cross grants us position, the Holy Spirit gives us experience.
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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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I do not consecrate myself to be a missionary or a preacher.
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To keep our hand on the plow while wiping away our tears — THAT is Christianity!
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There is nothing more tragic than to come to the end of life and know we have been on the wrong course.
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All satanic works are performed from the outside inward; all divine works from the inside outward.
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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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God has always one sufficient answer, His Son Jesus Christ, and he is the answer to every need.
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I am weak; in Christ, I am strong. Outside of Christ, I cannot; in Christ, I am more than able. Outside of Christ,
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