Our old history ends with the Cross; our new history begins with the resurrection.
WATCHMAN NEESamson 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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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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Actually, only God can satisfy a Christian’s heart; man cannot.
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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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Outside Christ, I am empty; in Christ, I am full.
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Put very simply, Satan’s power in the world is everywhere. Yet wherever men and women walk in the Spirit, sensitive to the anointing they have from God, that power of his just evaporates.
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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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Lord, I am willing to break my heart in order that I may satisfy Thy heart!
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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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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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The Christian faith begins not with a big DO but with a big DONE.
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If we just had more revelation of what we already have, there would be far less prayers and far more praise.
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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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Our bread is not only the Word of God, our meat is not only to do His will, our bread is also…the difficulties that are in our way.
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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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The Christian life from start to finish is based upon this principle of utter dependence upon the Lord Jesus.
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