God is not seeking a display of my Christ-likeness , but a manifestation of His Christ.
WATCHMAN NEEA born-again person ought to possess unspeakable peace in the spirit.
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Good is not always God’s will, but God’s will is always good.
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The Christian faith begins not with a big DO but with a big DONE.
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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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God will answer all our questions in one way and one way only. Namely, by showing us more of his Son.
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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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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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I do not consecrate myself to be a missionary or a preacher.
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Often 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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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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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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Outside Christ, I am empty; in Christ, I am full.
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I need forgiveness for my sins, but I need also deliverance from the power of sin… I appreciate the blessed fact of God’s forgiveness, but I want something more than that: I want deliverance. I need forgiveness for what I have done, but I need also deliverance from what I am.
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Not until we take the place of a servant can He take His place as Lord.
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The right attitude is this: that I have my own will, yet I will the will of God.
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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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