Many are so preoccupied with work that they allow little time for prayer. Hence they cannot cast out demons.
WATCHMAN NEEGod asks for men who are totally broken and who will follow Him even to death to work for Him.
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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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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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Not until we take the place of a servant can He take His place as Lord.
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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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Our old history ends with the Cross; our new history begins with the resurrection.
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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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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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With complete consecration comes perfect peace.
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It does not matter what your personal deficiency, or whether it be a hundred and one different things,
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To keep our hand on the plow while wiping away our tears — THAT is Christianity!
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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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I do not consecrate myself to be a missionary or a preacher.
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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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Prayer enables us first inwardly to overcome the enemy and then outwardly to deal with him.
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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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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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Baptism is an outward expression of an inward faith.
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Actually, only God can satisfy a Christian’s heart; man cannot.
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I have received new life; because the Lord Jesus has been exalted to the right hand of the Father, I have received the outpoured Spirit. All is because of Him; nothing is because of me.
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It is a life utterly outpoured for the kingdom of God and lived in complete disregard for one’s personal happiness.
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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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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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The Spirit is both a builder and a dweller. He cannot dwell where he has not built; He builds to dwell and dwells in only what he has built.
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An affection which is not inspired by the Lord will soon be transformed into lust.
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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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The ‘flesh’ is too bad to be cleansed; it must be crucified.
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