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.
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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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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Everyone could smell it. Whenever you meet someone who has really suffered; been limited, gone through things for the Lord, willing to be imprisoned by the Lord.
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Take this as the secret of Christ’s life in you: His Spirit dwells in your innermost spirit. Meditate on it, believe in it, and remember it until this glorious truth produces within you a holy fear and wonderment that the Holy Spirit indeed abides in you.
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God has always one sufficient answer, His Son Jesus Christ, and he is the answer to every need.
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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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Negligence in prayer withers the inner man. Nothing can be a substitute for it, not even Christian work.
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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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With complete consecration comes perfect peace.
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They must exercise faith in believing God’s estimation of their natural life and must wait patiently for the Holy Spirit to reveal in them what the Bible says of them. Only in this manner will they be led in the way of deliverance.
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Whatever the mind sets itself on is what the man walks after.
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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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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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With fear and trembling we must rely upon God for guidance in the inner depths. This is the sole way to walk according to the spirit.
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Christians ought to eliminate their folly. They ought to adopt God’s view of the absolute impossibility for their natural walk to please Him. They must dare to allow the Holy Spirit to point out to them every corruption of the soul life.
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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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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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Not until we take the place of a servant can He take His place as Lord.
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God is not seeking a display of my Christ-likeness , but a manifestation of His Christ.
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Prayer is work. The experiences of many children of God demonstrate that it accomplishes far more than does any other form of work. It is also warfare, for it is one of the weapons in fighting the enemy. However, only prayer in the spirit is genuinely effectual.
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I must first have the sense of God’s possession of me before I can have the sense of His presence with me.
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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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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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Often Satan injects pride into the believer’s spirit, evoking in him an attitude of self-importance and of self-conceit. He causes him to esteem himself a very outstanding person, one who is indispensable in God’s work. Such a spirit constitutes one of the major reasons for the fall of believers.
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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.
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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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