Not until we take the place of a servant can He take His place as Lord.
WATCHMAN NEEI 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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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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Oh, Lord, you have indeed been gracious to me.
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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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God not only wants to break the outer man…He wants our spirit and our soul…our inner man and outer man to be separated from each other.
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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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We think of the Christian life as a ‘changed life’ but it is not that. What God offers us is an ‘exchanged life,’ a ‘substituted life,’ and Christ is our Substitute within.
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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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True revelation of the fact of the Spirit’s indwelling will revolutionize the life of any Christian.
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Victory is the normal experience of a Christian; defeat should be the abnormal experience.
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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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Why do so many Christians pray such tiny prayers when their God is so big?
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We must have a spirit of power towards the enemy, a spirit of love towards men, and a spirit of self-control towards ourselves.
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Revelation is the first step to holiness, and consecration is the second. A day must come in our lives, as definite as the day of our conversion, when we give up all right to ourselves and submit to the absolute Lordship of Jesus Christ.
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To keep our hand on the plow while wiping away our tears — THAT is Christianity!
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Spiritual advancement is measured by faithful obedience.
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