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Good is not always God’s will, but God’s will is always good.

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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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Advance Child Discover God Important Lord Shall Spiritually Time Will
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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Among Children Christian Common Enemy Entice Frequently God Harbor Inner Spirit Symptom Unforgive
Spiritual advancement is measured by faithful obedience.
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Advancement Faithful Measure Obedience Spiritual
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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Creator God Hand Natural Recieve Strength
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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Able Accept Completely Darkness Disregard Dryness Everything Fitness Glad He Include Live Lord Self Who
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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Absolute Adopt Christianity Eliminate Folly God Natural Ought Please View Walk
True revelation of the fact of the Spirit’s indwelling will revolutionize the life of any Christian.
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Christian Fact Indwelling Life Revelation Revolution Spirit True
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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Act Approach Bets Book Our Work
Whatever the mind sets itself on is what the man walks after.
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After Itself Man Mind Set Walk Whatever
The life of faith is not only totally different from, but also diametrically opposite to, a life of feeling.
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Diametrically Different Faith Feel From Life Only Opposite Totally
Why do so many Christians pray such tiny prayers when their God is so big?
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Big Christian God Many Prayer So Why Do
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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Child God Holy Spirit Know Ought Confess Petition Pray Teach Weakness
I want nothing for myself; I want everything for the Lord.
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Everything For Lord Myself Nothing Want
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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Always Anything Character Enquire God Good Lead Test Thing Would
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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Alabaster Anointing Break Error Fill House Lord Sweetest
May we always be possessed by the consciousness that we are not our own.
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Always Consciousness May Not Our Own Possess We
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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Also Bread Difficulty Do God Mena Only Our To Way Word
A born-again person ought to possess unspeakable peace in the spirit.
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Again Born Ought Peace Person Posses Spirit Unspeakable
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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Attitude Believer Connect Evoke Importance Often Pride Satan Self Spirit
The right attitude is this: that I have my own will, yet I will the will of God.
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Attitude God Have Own Right Will
To remove warfare from a spiritual life is to render it unspiritual.
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Life Remove Render Spiritual Unspiritual Warfare
Baptism is an outward expression of an inward faith.
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Baptism Expression Faith Inward Outward
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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Christ Outside Save Sinner
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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Able Christ More Outside Strong Weak
The Lord has shown me that I can do anything, but that He has said, apart from Me ye can do nothing. So it comes to this, that everything I have done, and can still do apart from Him is nothing!
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Anything Apart Can Do Everything Lord Me Nothing Shown So Ye
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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Attention Before Lord Must Open Pay Rather Read Should Study
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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Everywhere Power Put Satan Simply Very World

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