To remove warfare from a spiritual life is to render it unspiritual.
WATCHMAN NEEThe breaking of the alabaster box and the anointing of the Lord filled the house with the odor, with the sweetest odor.
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Good is not always God’s will, but God’s will is always good.
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An affection which is not inspired by the Lord will soon be transformed into lust.
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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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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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I have received new life; because the Lord Jesus has been exalted to the right hand of the Father, I have received the outpoured Spirit. All is because of Him; nothing is because of me.
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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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Natural strength is what we receive from the hand of God as Creator. Spiritual strength is what we receive from God in grace.
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Baptism is an outward expression of an inward faith.
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The breaking of the alabaster box and the anointing of the Lord filled the house with the odor, with the sweetest odor.
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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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Outside Christ, I am empty; in Christ, I am full.
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Not until we take the place of a servant can He take His place as Lord.
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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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Our rest lies in looking to the Lord, not to ourselves.
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We consider strong emotion or outward conduct as life. In reality, though, these are not life. We ought to realize that only the Lord is life. Christ is our life. And it is the Lord who lives out this life in us.
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