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.
WATCHMAN NEEIt does not matter what your personal deficiency, or whether it be a hundred and one different things,
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Not until we take the place of a servant can He take His place as Lord.
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Because the Lord Jesus died on the Cross, I have received forgiveness of sins; because the Lord Jesus rose from the dead,
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I am weak; in Christ, I am strong. Outside of Christ, I cannot; in Christ, I am more than able. Outside of Christ,
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An affection which is not inspired by the Lord will soon be transformed into lust.
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God asks for men who are totally broken and who will follow Him even to death to work for Him.
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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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Formerly I regarded it miserable business to be a Christian, but now I think differently. Once I thought certain things delightful, now I think them vile. Once I thought other things utterly worthless, now I think them most precious. That is a change of mind, and that is repentance.
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Food ought not hinder our fellowship with God since it is to be taken purely to preserve the body in health.
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The cross grants us position, the Holy Spirit gives us experience.
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The devil abhors light and truth because these remove the ground of his working.
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An unpeaceful mind cannot operate normally.
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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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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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By the time the average Christian gets his temperature up to normal, everybody thinks he has a fever!
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The Christian faith begins not with a big DO but with a big DONE.
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