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.
WATCHMAN NEEOften Satan injects pride into the believer’s spirit, evoking in him an attitude of self-importance and of self-conceit. He causes him to esteem himself a very outstanding person, one who is indispensable in God’s work. Such a spirit constitutes one of the major reasons for the fall of believers.
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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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Spiritual advancement is measured by faithful obedience.
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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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Our rest lies in looking to the Lord, not to ourselves.
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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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Oh, Lord, you have indeed been gracious to me.
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I must first have the sense of God’s possession of me before I can have the sense of His presence with me.
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Separation to God, separation from the world, is the first principle of Christian living.
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God is not seeking a display of my Christ-likeness , but a manifestation of His Christ.
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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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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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May we see the Lord in all things-way, truth, and life are all found in knowing Him. May we really meet the Son of God and let Him live in us. Amen.
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It is important to receive God’s arrangement in the circumstances. This arrangement is the discipline of the Holy Spirit. To escape God’s arrangement just one time is to lose an opportunity to have our capacity enlarged. A believer can never be the same after passing through suffering.
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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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To remove warfare from a spiritual life is to render it unspiritual.
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