Actually, only God can satisfy a Christian’s heart; man cannot.
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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To keep our hand on the plow while wiping away our tears — THAT is Christianity!
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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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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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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 life of faith is not only totally different from, but also diametrically opposite to, a life of feeling.
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Take this as the secret of Christ’s life in you: His Spirit dwells in your innermost spirit. Meditate on it, believe in it, and remember it until this glorious truth produces within you a holy fear and wonderment that the Holy Spirit indeed abides in you.
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It does not matter what your personal deficiency, or whether it be a hundred and one different things,
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Oh, Lord, you have indeed been gracious to me.
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An affection which is not inspired by the Lord will soon be transformed into lust.
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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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With complete consecration comes perfect peace.
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I am weak; in Christ, I am strong. Outside of Christ, I cannot; in Christ, I am more than able. Outside of Christ,
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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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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.
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God will answer all our questions in one way and one way only. Namely, by showing us more of his Son.
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