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A person like this is the strongest person. The strongest person is not the one who is able to do something, but the one who is able not to do what he has the power to do.

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Not by gain our life is measured, But by what we’ve lost ‘Tis scored; ‘Tis not how much wine is drunken But how much has been outpoured. For the strength of love never standeth In the sacrifice we bear; He who has the greatest suffering Ever has the most to share.
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Drunker Gain Life Lost Measure Not Purple Score
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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Always Come Glory God Man Punishment Purpose Sin Thought
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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Attractive Change Different Formerly Mean Pleasant Repentance Thing Thought
To bear the cross means that you refrain from doing what you have the power to do. You are qualified to fulfill your desire, yet you refrain from doing so.
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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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Attention Before Lord Must Open Pay Rather Read Should Study
The Lord has shown me that I can do anything, but that He has said, apart from Me ye can do nothing. So it comes to this, that everything I have done, and can still do apart from Him is nothing!
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Anything Apart Can Do Everything Lord Me Nothing Shown So Ye
Separation to God, separation from the world, is the first principle of Christian living.
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Christian First God Live Principle Separation World
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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Break Each Other God Inner Man Not Only Outer Soul Spearte Spirit Want
We may be weak, but looking at our weakness will never make us strong.
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Be Look Make May Strong Walk Weakness
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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Also Bread Difficulty Do God Mena Only Our To Way Word
Prayer is work. The experiences of many children of God demonstrate that it accomplishes far more than does any other form of work. It is also warfare, for it is one of the weapons in fighting the enemy. However, only prayer in the spirit is genuinely effectual.
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Accomplish Any Children Demonstrate Expression Form God More Other Prayer Work
People who are lazy, careless, doubtful-minded or arrogant need not expect God to reveal His secret or covenant to them.
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Arrogant Careless Covenant Doubtful Expect Lazy Mindset Need People Reveal Secret
The cross grants us position, the Holy Spirit gives us experience.
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Cross Experience Give Grant Holy Position Spirit
A born-again person ought to possess unspeakable peace in the spirit.
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Again Born Ought Peace Person Posses Spirit Unspeakable
A person like this is the strongest person. The strongest person is not the one who is able to do something, but the one who is able not to do what he has the power to do.
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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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Absolute Adopt Christianity Eliminate Folly God Natural Ought Please View Walk

A person like this is the strongest person. The strongest person is not the one who is able to do something, but the one who is able not to do what he has the power to do.

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