Man’s thought is always of the punishment that will come to him if he sins. But God’s thought is always of the glory man will miss if he sins. God’s purpose for redemption is glory, glory, glory.
WATCHMAN NEEWhatever the mind sets itself on is what the man walks after.
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Lord, I am willing to break my heart in order that I may satisfy Thy heart!
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Whatever the mind sets itself on is what the man walks after.
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Our old history ends with the Cross; our new history begins with the resurrection.
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May we see the Lord in all things-way, truth, and life are all found in knowing Him. May we really meet the Son of God and let Him live in us. Amen.
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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 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 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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The cross grants us position, the Holy Spirit gives us experience.
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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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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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A Christian life is an unending engagement on the battlefield.
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God is not seeking a display of my Christ-likeness , but a manifestation of His Christ.
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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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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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Why do so many Christians pray such tiny prayers when their God is so big?
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