The Blood deals with what we have done, whereas the Cross deals with what we are. The Blood disposes of our sins, while the Cross strikes at the root of our capacity for sin.
WATCHMAN NEEPut 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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There is nothing more tragic than to come to the end of life and know we have been on the wrong course.
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Actually, only God can satisfy a Christian’s heart; man cannot.
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Our old history ends with the Cross; our new history begins with the resurrection.
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The Christian faith begins not with a big DO but with a big DONE.
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I consecrate myself to God to do His will where I am, be it in school, office, or kitchen, or wherever He may, in His wisdom, send me.
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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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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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The greatest negative in the universe is the Cross, for with it God wiped out everything that was not of Himself: the greatest positive in the universe is the resurrection, for through it God brought into being all.
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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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Numerous Christians do not know how to glorify God in their eating and drinking. They do not eat and drink simply to keep their body fit for the Lord’s use but indulge to satisfy their personal desires.
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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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The ‘flesh’ is too bad to be cleansed; it must be crucified.
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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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Baptism is an outward expression of an inward faith.
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As God’s child advances spiritually be shall discover that the Lord’s time is as important as the Lord’s will. Do not rashly beget an Ishmael lest he become the greatest enemy to Isaac.
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