Just being satisfied with Him and nothing else, immediately you scent the fragrance. There is a savor of the Lord. Something has been crushed, something has been broken, and there is a resulting odor of sweetness.
WATCHMAN NEEOutside of Christ, I am only a sinner, but in Christ, I am saved. Outside of Christ, I am empty; in Christ, I am full. Outside of Christ,
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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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Lord, I am willing to break my heart in order that I may satisfy Thy heart!
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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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True revelation of the fact of the Spirit’s indwelling will revolutionize the life of any Christian.
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Actually, only God can satisfy a Christian’s heart; man cannot.
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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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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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It is important to receive God’s arrangement in the circumstances. This arrangement is the discipline of the Holy Spirit. To escape God’s arrangement just one time is to lose an opportunity to have our capacity enlarged. A believer can never be the same after passing through suffering.
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Baptism is an outward expression of an inward faith.
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It is a life utterly outpoured for the kingdom of God and lived in complete disregard for one’s personal happiness.
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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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Life in the spirit is a suffering way, filled with watching and laboring, burdened by weariness and trial, punctuated by heartbreak and conflict.
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Outside of Christ, I am only a sinner, but in Christ, I am saved. Outside of Christ, I am empty; in Christ, I am full. Outside of Christ,
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Let us ask Him to deliver us from the many external and fragmentary affairs that we may touch only Him.
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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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