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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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The life of faith is not only totally different from, but also diametrically opposite to, a life of feeling.
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Diametrically Different Faith Feel From Life Only Opposite Totally
Lord, I am willing to break my heart in order that I may satisfy Thy heart!
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Break Heart Lord Order Satisfy Try Willing
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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Christ Christian exchange God Like Offer Substitute Think
Frequently the enemy entices Christians to harbor an unforgiving spirit – a very common symptom indeed among God’s children. Such bitterness and fault-finding and enmity inflict a severe blow upon spiritual life.
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Among Children Christian Common Enemy Entice Frequently God Harbor Inner Spirit Symptom Unforgive
The Christian faith begins not with a big DO but with a big DONE.
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Begun Big Christian Do Done Faith
Nowadays Christians appear to treat prayer as a means to accomplish their aims and ideas. If they possessed just a little deeper understanding, they would recognize that prayer is but man uttering to God what is God’s will.
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Accomplish Aim Appeal Christian Emna Idea Nowadays Prayer Treat
I do not consecrate myself to be a missionary or a preacher.
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Concrete Missionary Myself Preacher
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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Are Blood Cross Deal Have Done We What
To keep our hand on the plow while wiping away our tears — THAT is Christianity!
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Away Christianity Hanf Keep Our Plow Tera That Wipe
To remove warfare from a spiritual life is to render it unspiritual.
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Life Remove Render Spiritual Unspiritual Warfare
We must not pay attention just to reading and studying; rather, we should ask if we are open before the Lord. If we do not have an unveiled face, the glory of the Lord will not shine on us. If our heart is not open to God, God cannot give us any light.
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Attention Before Lord Must Open Pay Rather Read Should Study
I need forgiveness for my sins, but I need also deliverance from the power of sin… I appreciate the blessed fact of God’s forgiveness, but I want something more than that: I want deliverance. I need forgiveness for what I have done, but I need also deliverance from what I am.
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Also Deriveance Forgiveness My Need Neef Power Sin
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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Builder Built Dweller Naboth Spirit
A Christian life is an unending engagement on the battlefield.
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By Christian Drunker How Life Lost Measure Much Outpour Score Tis What
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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Acid An Inner Lost Prayer Strength
An affection which is not inspired by the Lord will soon be transformed into lust.
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Any Effection Inspire Into Lord Lust Soon Transform

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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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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