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To keep our hand on the plow while wiping away our tears — THAT is Christianity!

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It is important to receive God’s arrangement in the circumstances. This arrangement is the discipline of the Holy Spirit. To escape God’s arrangement just one time is to lose an opportunity to have our capacity enlarged. A believer can never be the same after passing through suffering.
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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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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.
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It is a life utterly outpoured for the kingdom of God and lived in complete disregard for one’s personal happiness.
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Complete Disgrace God Happiness Kingdom Life Live One Outpour Personal Utterly
Our rest lies in looking to the Lord, not to ourselves.
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Lie Look Lord Our Ourselves Rest To
True revelation of the fact of the Spirit’s indwelling will revolutionize the life of any Christian.
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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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We should understand that the body is for the Lord and not for ourselves; hence we should refrain from using it for our pleasure.
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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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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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Lord, I am willing to break my heart in order that I may satisfy Thy heart!
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Formerly I regarded it miserable business to be a Christian, but now I think differently. Once I thought certain things delightful, now I think them vile. Once I thought other things utterly worthless, now I think them most precious. That is a change of mind, and that is repentance.
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They must exercise faith in believing God’s estimation of their natural life and must wait patiently for the Holy Spirit to reveal in them what the Bible says of them. Only in this manner will they be led in the way of deliverance.
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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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Food ought not hinder our fellowship with God since it is to be taken purely to preserve the body in health.
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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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