The Christian life from start to finish is based upon this principle of utter dependence upon the Lord Jesus.
WATCHMAN NEERepentance means a change of mind. Formerly, I thought sin as a pleasant thing, but now I have changed my mind about it. Formerly, I thought the world an attractive place, but now I know better.
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The book of Acts is the best aid in approaching our work. We do not find there anyone consecrating himself as a preacher nor anyone deciding to do the Lord’s work by making himself a missionary or a pastor. What we do see is the Holy Spirit Himself appointing and sending men out to do the work.
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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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Prayer enables us first inwardly to overcome the enemy and then outwardly to deal with him.
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God is not seeking a display of my Christ-likeness , but a manifestation of His Christ.
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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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The right attitude is this: that I have my own will, yet I will the will of God.
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A Christian life is an unending engagement on the battlefield.
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A born-again person ought to possess unspeakable peace in the spirit.
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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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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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God asks for men who are totally broken and who will follow Him even to death to work for Him.
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If we just had more revelation of what we already have, there would be far less prayers and far more praise.
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Outside Christ, I am empty; in Christ, I am full.
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May we always be possessed by the consciousness that we are not our own.
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We think of the Christian life as a ‘changed life’ but it is not that. What God offers us is an ‘exchanged life,’ a ‘substituted life,’ and Christ is our Substitute within.
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