Life in the spirit is a suffering way, filled with watching and laboring, burdened by weariness and trial, punctuated by heartbreak and conflict.
WATCHMAN NEEFood ought not hinder our fellowship with God since it is to be taken purely to preserve the body in health.
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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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Man’s thought is always of the punishment that will come to him if he sins. But God’s thought is always of the glory man will miss if he sins. God’s purpose for redemption is glory, glory, glory.
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With complete consecration comes perfect peace.
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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 have been defeated; in Christ, I am already victorious. How meaningful are the words, “in Christ.”
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May we see the Lord in all things-way, truth, and life are all found in knowing Him. May we really meet the Son of God and let Him live in us. Amen.
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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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Many are so preoccupied with work that they allow little time for prayer. Hence they cannot cast out demons.
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We may be weak, but looking at our weakness will never make us strong.
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Separation to God, separation from the world, is the first principle of Christian living.
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The Christian experience, from start to finish, is a journey of faith.
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Actually, only God can satisfy a Christian’s heart; man cannot.
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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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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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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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