If we just had more revelation of what we already have, there would be far less prayers and far more praise.
WATCHMAN NEEA born-again person ought to possess unspeakable peace in the spirit.
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I have received new life; because the Lord Jesus has been exalted to the right hand of the Father, I have received the outpoured Spirit. All is because of Him; nothing is because of me.
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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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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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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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Whatever the mind sets itself on is what the man walks after.
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The devil abhors light and truth because these remove the ground of his working.
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Everyone who believes in God must have His revelation in his spirit, or else what he believes is not God but mere human wisdom, ideals or words. Such faith cannot endure the test.
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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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True revelation of the fact of the Spirit’s indwelling will revolutionize the life of any Christian.
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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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I am weak; in Christ, I am strong. Outside of Christ, I cannot; in Christ, I am more than able. Outside of Christ,
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All satanic works are performed from the outside inward; all divine works from the inside outward.
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The ‘flesh’ is too bad to be cleansed; it must be crucified.
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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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To keep our hand on the plow while wiping away our tears — THAT is Christianity!
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Put very simply, Satan’s power in the world is everywhere. Yet wherever men and women walk in the Spirit, sensitive to the anointing they have from God, that power of his just evaporates.
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Samson is not alone in the history of man in failing in this regard. Delilah is still cutting the hair of man today!
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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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With complete consecration comes perfect peace.
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How true it is that without the guidance of the Holy Spirit intellect not only is undependable but also extremely dangerous, because it often confuses the issue of right and wrong.
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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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Food ought not hinder our fellowship with God since it is to be taken purely to preserve the body in health.
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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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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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At times it seems we require more grace to lose our wealth than to lose our life!
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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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