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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God is not seeking a display of my Christ-likeness , but a manifestation of His Christ.
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I have received new life; because the Lord Jesus has been exalted to the right hand of the Father, I have received the outpoured Spirit. All is because of Him; nothing is because of me.
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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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We may be weak, but looking at our weakness will never make us strong.
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Spiritual advancement is measured by faithful obedience.
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The Christian experience, from start to finish, is a journey of faith.
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Lord, I am willing to break my heart in order that I may satisfy Thy heart!
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How easily we make things as way, truth, and life. Or, we call hot atmosphere as life, we label clear thought as life.
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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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Revelation is the first step to holiness, and consecration is the second. A day must come in our lives, as definite as the day of our conversion, when we give up all right to ourselves and submit to the absolute Lordship of Jesus Christ.
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God not only wants to break the outer man…He wants our spirit and our soul…our inner man and outer man to be separated from each other.
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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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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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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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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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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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Oh, Lord, you have indeed been gracious to me.
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God asks for men who are totally broken and who will follow Him even to death to work for Him.
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All satanic works are performed from the outside inward; all divine works from the inside outward.
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Victory is the normal experience of a Christian; defeat should be the abnormal experience.
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People who are lazy, careless, doubtful-minded or arrogant need not expect God to reveal His secret or covenant to them.
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Why do so many Christians pray such tiny prayers when their God is so big?
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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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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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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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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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