Nowadays Christians appear to treat prayer as a means to accomplish their aims and ideas. If they possessed just a little deeper understanding, they would recognize that prayer is but man uttering to God what is God’s will.
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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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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Let us ask Him to deliver us from the many external and fragmentary affairs that we may touch only Him.
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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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Actually, only God can satisfy a Christian’s heart; man cannot.
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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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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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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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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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Outside Christ, I am empty; in Christ, I am full.
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God has always one sufficient answer, His Son Jesus Christ, and he is the answer to every need.
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To remove warfare from a spiritual life is to render it unspiritual.
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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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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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Prayer enables us first inwardly to overcome the enemy and then outwardly to deal with him.
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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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