He who is able to accept everything gladly from the Lord – including darkness, dryness, flatness – and completely disregard self is he who lives for Him.
WATCHMAN NEEVictory is the normal experience of a Christian; defeat should be the abnormal experience.
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Christians ought to eliminate their folly. They ought to adopt God’s view of the absolute impossibility for their natural walk to please Him. They must dare to allow the Holy Spirit to point out to them every corruption of the soul life.
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Prayer is the acid test of the inner man’s strength. A strong spirit is capable of praying much and praying with all perseverance until the answer comes. A weak one grows weary and fainthearted in the maintenance of praying.
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The Spirit is both a builder and a dweller. He cannot dwell where he has not built; He builds to dwell and dwells in only what he has built.
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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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True revelation of the fact of the Spirit’s indwelling will revolutionize the life of any Christian.
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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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Natural strength is what we receive from the hand of God as Creator. Spiritual strength is what we receive from God in grace.
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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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To remove warfare from a spiritual life is to render it unspiritual.
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People who are lazy, careless, doubtful-minded or arrogant need not expect God to reveal His secret or covenant to them.
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The ‘flesh’ is too bad to be cleansed; it must be crucified.
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Everyone could smell it. Whenever you meet someone who has really suffered; been limited, gone through things for the Lord, willing to be imprisoned by the Lord.
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Oh, Lord, you have indeed been gracious to me.
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As God’s child advances spiritually be shall discover that the Lord’s time is as important as the Lord’s will. Do not rashly beget an Ishmael lest he become the greatest enemy to Isaac.
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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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