The life of faith is not only totally different from, but also diametrically opposite to, a life of feeling.
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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Prayer is the acid test of the inner man’s strength. A strong spirit is capable of praying much and praying with all perseverance until the answer comes. A weak one grows weary and fainthearted in the maintenance of praying.
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Life in the spirit is a suffering way, filled with watching and laboring, burdened by weariness and trial, punctuated by heartbreak and conflict.
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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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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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All satanic works are performed from the outside inward; all divine works from the inside outward.
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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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God has always one sufficient answer, His Son Jesus Christ, and he is the answer to every need.
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By the time the average Christian gets his temperature up to normal, everybody thinks he has a fever!
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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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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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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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An unpeaceful mind cannot operate normally.
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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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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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Repentance means a change of mind. Formerly, I thought sin as a pleasant thing, but now I have changed my mind about it. Formerly, I thought the world an attractive place, but now I know better.
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God is not seeking a display of my Christ-likeness , but a manifestation of His Christ.
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The ‘flesh’ is too bad to be cleansed; it must be crucified.
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The cross grants us position, the Holy Spirit gives us experience.
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To keep our hand on the plow while wiping away our tears — THAT is Christianity!
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There is a line drawn by God, a boundary where by virtue of his own very presence Satan’s writ does not run. Let God but occupy all the space himself, and what room is left for the evil one?
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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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Baptism is an outward expression of an inward faith.
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If Christ lives in us, we will rejoice in everything, and we will thank and praise the Lord. We will say, ‘Hallelujah! Praise the Lord’ forever.
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With fear and trembling we must rely upon God for guidance in the inner depths. This is the sole way to walk according to the spirit.
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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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The Christian faith begins not with a big DO but with a big DONE.
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