I must first have the sense of God’s possession of me before I can have the sense of His presence with me.
WATCHMAN NEEThe Christian life from start to finish is based upon this principle of utter dependence upon the Lord Jesus.
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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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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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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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Lord, I am willing to break my heart in order that I may satisfy Thy heart!
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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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The child of God ought to confess his weakness that he does not know how to pray, and petition the Holy Spirit to teach him.
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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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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.
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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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The Blood deals with what we have done, whereas the Cross deals with what we are. The Blood disposes of our sins, while the Cross strikes at the root of our capacity for sin.
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Victory is the normal experience of a Christian; defeat should be the abnormal experience.
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Everyone could smell it. Whenever you meet someone who has really suffered; been limited, gone through things for the Lord, willing to be imprisoned by the Lord.
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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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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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