A person like this is the strongest person. The strongest person is not the one who is able to do something, but the one who is able not to do what he has the power to do.
WATCHMAN NEENowadays 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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The sight of any trouble strikes terror into the heart of those who do not have faith, but those who trust Him say, ‘Here comes my food.!
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True revelation of the fact of the Spirit’s indwelling will revolutionize the life of any Christian.
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I do not consecrate myself to be a missionary or a preacher.
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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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God is not seeking a display of my Christ-likeness , but a manifestation of His Christ.
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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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Not until we take the place of a servant can He take His place as Lord.
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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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Outside of Christ, I am only a sinner, but in Christ, I am saved. Outside of Christ, I am empty; in Christ, I am full. Outside of Christ,
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Why do so many Christians pray such tiny prayers when their God is so big?
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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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God will not give me humility, or patience, or holiness, or love as separate investments of His grace. He has given only one gift to meet our need, His Son Christ Jesus.
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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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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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