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Whatever the mind sets itself on is what the man walks after.

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The life of faith is not only totally different from, but also diametrically opposite to, a life of feeling.
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Diametrically Different Faith Feel From Life Only Opposite Totally
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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Bear Cross Desire Do Do Power Mean Power Qualify Refrain Rfrrain So
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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Before First God Have I Must Possession Presence Sense
Life in the spirit is a suffering way, filled with watching and laboring, burdened by weariness and trial, punctuated by heartbreak and conflict.
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Burden Conflict Fill Heartbreak Life Punctuate Spirit Suffer Trail Watch Way Weariness
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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Business Certain Delight Difference Miserable Once Reptancem Change Think
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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Christ Dwell Innermost Life Secret Spirit Take You
Negligence in prayer withers the inner man. Nothing can be a substitute for it, not even Christian work.
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Christian Iner Man Negligence Nothing Prater Substitute Work
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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Bible Deliverainace Excercise Faith Holy Manner Reveal Spirit Way
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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Attractive Change Different Formerly Mean Pleasant Repentance Thing Thought
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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Always Anything Character Enquire God Good Lead Test Thing Would
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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Also Bread Difficulty Do God Mena Only Our To Way Word
Separation to God, separation from the world, is the first principle of Christian living.
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Christian First God Live Principle Separation World
Prayer is the acid test of the inner man’s strength. A strong spirit is capable of praying much and praying with all perseverance until the answer comes. A weak one grows weary and fainthearted in the maintenance of praying.
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Acid An Inner Lost Prayer Strength
God has always one sufficient answer, His Son Jesus Christ, and he is the answer to every need.
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Always Answer Christ Every God Jesus Need One Son Sufficient
The ‘flesh’ is too bad to be cleansed; it must be crucified.
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Bad Cleaned Crucified Files Too
Prayer enables us first inwardly to overcome the enemy and then outwardly to deal with him.
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Enable Enemy First Him Ideal Inwardly Outward Overcome Prayer

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