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.
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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Lord, I am willing to break my heart in order that I may satisfy Thy heart!
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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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Spiritual advancement is measured by faithful obedience.
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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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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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The Christian faith begins not with a big DO but with a big DONE.
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All satanic works are performed from the outside inward; all divine works from the inside outward.
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May we see the Lord in all things-way, truth, and life are all found in knowing Him. May we really meet the Son of God and let Him live in us. Amen.
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The cross grants us position, the Holy Spirit gives us experience.
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The devil abhors light and truth because these remove the ground of his working.
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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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I want nothing for myself; I want everything for the Lord.
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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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The Christian experience, from start to finish, is a journey of faith.
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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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God asks for men who are totally broken and who will follow Him even to death to work for Him.
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Let us ask Him to deliver us from the many external and fragmentary affairs that we may touch only Him.
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The Christian life from start to finish is based upon this principle of utter dependence upon the Lord Jesus.
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Our prayers lay the track down which Gods power can come. Like a mighty locomotive, his power is irresistible, but it cannot reach us without rails.
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Oh, Lord, you have indeed been gracious to me.
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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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If you would test the character of anything, you only need to enquire whether that thing leads you to God or away from God.
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Our old history ends with the Cross; our new history begins with the resurrection.
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Victory is the normal experience of a Christian; defeat should be the abnormal experience.
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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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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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