Often Satan injects pride into the believer’s spirit, evoking in him an attitude of self-importance and of self-conceit. He causes him to esteem himself a very outstanding person, one who is indispensable in God’s work. Such a spirit constitutes one of the major reasons for the fall of believers.
WATCHMAN NEEWhatever the mind sets itself on is what the man walks after.
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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 Christian faith begins not with a big DO but with a big DONE.
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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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God has always one sufficient answer, His Son Jesus Christ, and he is the answer to every need.
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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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How true it is that without the guidance of the Holy Spirit intellect not only is undependable but also extremely dangerous, because it often confuses the issue of right and wrong.
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All satanic works are performed from the outside inward; all divine works from the inside outward.
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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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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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The devil abhors light and truth because these remove the ground of his working.
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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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The breaking of the alabaster box and the anointing of the Lord filled the house with the odor, with the sweetest odor.
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Our rest lies in looking to the Lord, not to ourselves.
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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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Just being satisfied with Him and nothing else, immediately you scent the fragrance. There is a savor of the Lord. Something has been crushed, something has been broken, and there is a resulting odor of sweetness.
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