Prayer enables us first inwardly to overcome the enemy and then outwardly to deal with him.
WATCHMAN NEEWe 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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If Christ lives in us, we will rejoice in everything, and we will thank and praise the Lord. We will say, ‘Hallelujah! Praise the Lord’ forever.
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Outside Christ, I am empty; in Christ, I am full.
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Not until we take the place of a servant can He take His place as Lord.
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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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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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All satanic works are performed from the outside inward; all divine works from the inside outward.
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As God’s child advances spiritually be shall discover that the Lord’s time is as important as the Lord’s will. Do not rashly beget an Ishmael lest he become the greatest enemy to Isaac.
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Our rest lies in looking to the Lord, not to ourselves.
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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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Our bread is not only the Word of God, our meat is not only to do His will, our bread is also…the difficulties that are in our way.
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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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The Blood deals with what we have done, whereas the Cross deals with what we are. The Blood disposes of our sins, while the Cross strikes at the root of our capacity for sin.
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An unpeaceful mind cannot operate normally.
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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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We must have a spirit of power towards the enemy, a spirit of love towards men, and a spirit of self-control towards ourselves.
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