Samson is not alone in the history of man in failing in this regard. Delilah is still cutting the hair of man today!
WATCHMAN NEEOutside Christ, I am empty; in Christ, I am full.
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Teach us to pray that we may cause The enemy to flee, That we his evil power may bind, His prisoners to free.
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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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We should understand that the body is for the Lord and not for ourselves; hence we should refrain from using it for our pleasure.
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Baptism is an outward expression of an inward faith.
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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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I consecrate myself to God to do His will where I am, be it in school, office, or kitchen, or wherever He may, in His wisdom, send me.
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We must have a spirit of power towards the enemy, a spirit of love towards men, and a spirit of self-control towards ourselves.
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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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Spiritual advancement is measured by faithful obedience.
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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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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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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.
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An unpeaceful mind cannot operate normally.
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Our rest lies in looking to the Lord, not to ourselves.
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May we always be possessed by the consciousness that we are not our own.
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