The right attitude is this: that I have my own will, yet I will the will of God.
WATCHMAN NEEJust being satisfied with Him and nothing else, immediately you scent the fragrance. There is a savor of the Lord. Something has been crushed, something has been broken, and there is a resulting odor of sweetness.
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A Christian life is an unending engagement on the battlefield.
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It is a life utterly outpoured for the kingdom of God and lived in complete disregard for one’s personal happiness.
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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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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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Teach us to pray that we may cause The enemy to flee, That we his evil power may bind, His prisoners to free.
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May we always be possessed by the consciousness that we are not our own.
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God has supplied all my needs and has not failed me once.
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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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We consider strong emotion or outward conduct as life. In reality, though, these are not life. We ought to realize that only the Lord is life. Christ is our life. And it is the Lord who lives out this life in us.
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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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Prayer is the acid test of the inner man’s strength. A strong spirit is capable of praying much and praying with all perseverance until the answer comes. A weak one grows weary and fainthearted in the maintenance of praying.
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Natural strength is what we receive from the hand of God as Creator. Spiritual strength is what we receive from God in grace.
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Victory is the normal experience of a Christian; defeat should be the abnormal experience.
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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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Good is not always God’s will, but God’s will is always good.
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