The ‘flesh’ is too bad to be cleansed; it must be crucified.
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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Many are so preoccupied with work that they allow little time for prayer. Hence they cannot cast out demons.
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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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The Lord has shown me that I can do anything, but that He has said, apart from Me ye can do nothing. So it comes to this, that everything I have done, and can still do apart from Him is nothing!
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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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Samson is not alone in the history of man in failing in this regard. Delilah is still cutting the hair of man today!
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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 has always one sufficient answer, His Son Jesus Christ, and he is the answer to every need.
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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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Actually, only God can satisfy a Christian’s heart; man cannot.
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May we always be possessed by the consciousness that we are not our own.
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The devil abhors light and truth because these remove the ground of his working.
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I want nothing for myself; I want everything for the Lord.
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Oh, Lord, you have indeed been gracious to me.
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Repentance 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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To remove warfare from a spiritual life is to render it unspiritual.
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