To remove warfare from a spiritual life is to render it unspiritual.
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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I want nothing for myself; I want everything for the Lord.
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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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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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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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I do not consecrate myself to be a missionary or a preacher.
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Why do so many Christians pray such tiny prayers when their God is so big?
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May we always be possessed by the consciousness that we are not our own.
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Oh, Lord, you have indeed been gracious to me.
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Negligence in prayer withers the inner man. Nothing can be a substitute for it, not even Christian work.
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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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Prayer is work. The experiences of many children of God demonstrate that it accomplishes far more than does any other form of work. It is also warfare, for it is one of the weapons in fighting the enemy. However, only prayer in the spirit is genuinely effectual.
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With fear and trembling we must rely upon God for guidance in the inner depths. This is the sole way to walk according to the spirit.
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There is nothing more tragic than to come to the end of life and know we have been on the wrong course.
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I must first have the sense of God’s possession of me before I can have the sense of His presence with me.
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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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