May we always be possessed by the consciousness that we are not our own.
WATCHMAN NEEChristians 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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I have been defeated; in Christ, I am already victorious. How meaningful are the words, “in Christ.”
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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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The sight of any trouble strikes terror into the heart of those who do not have faith, but those who trust Him say, ‘Here comes my food.!
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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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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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An unpeaceful mind cannot operate normally.
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The Spirit is both a builder and a dweller. He cannot dwell where he has not built; He builds to dwell and dwells in only what he has built.
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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.
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To remove warfare from a spiritual life is to render it unspiritual.
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An affection which is not inspired by the Lord will soon be transformed into lust.
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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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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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The Christian life from start to finish is based upon this principle of utter dependence upon the Lord Jesus.
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I want nothing for myself; I want everything for the Lord.
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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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