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.
WATCHMAN NEEWe 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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How true it is that without the guidance of the Holy Spirit intellect not only is undependable but also extremely dangerous, because it often confuses the issue of right and wrong.
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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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I have been defeated; in Christ, I am already victorious. How meaningful are the words, “in Christ.”
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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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Our prayers lay the track down which Gods power can come. Like a mighty locomotive, his power is irresistible, but it cannot reach us without rails.
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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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Good is not always God’s will, but God’s will is always good.
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Baptism is an outward expression of an inward faith.
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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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To remove warfare from a spiritual life is to render it unspiritual.
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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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May we always be possessed by the consciousness that we are not our own.
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They must exercise faith in believing God’s estimation of their natural life and must wait patiently for the Holy Spirit to reveal in them what the Bible says of them. Only in this manner will they be led in the way of deliverance.
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At times it seems we require more grace to lose our wealth than to lose our life!
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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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