Our prayers lay the track down which Gods power can come. Like a mighty locomotive, his power is irresistible, but it cannot reach us without rails.
WATCHMAN NEETo keep our hand on the plow while wiping away our tears — THAT is Christianity!
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Oh, Lord, you have indeed been gracious to me.
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Teach us to pray that we may cause The enemy to flee, That we his evil power may bind, His prisoners to free.
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May we always be possessed by the consciousness that we are not our own.
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With fear and trembling we must rely upon God for guidance in the inner depths. This is the sole way to walk according to the spirit.
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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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If you would test the character of anything, you only need to enquire whether that thing leads you to God or away from God.
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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 right attitude is this: that I have my own will, yet I will the will of God.
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Nowadays 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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At times it seems we require more grace to lose our wealth than to lose our life!
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An affection which is not inspired by the Lord will soon be transformed into lust.
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God is not seeking a display of my Christ-likeness , but a manifestation of His Christ.
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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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We 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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To bear the cross means that you refrain from doing what you have the power to do. You are qualified to fulfill your desire, yet you refrain from doing so.
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