With complete consecration comes perfect peace.
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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The ‘flesh’ is too bad to be cleansed; it must be crucified.
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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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Our rest lies in looking to the Lord, not to ourselves.
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I do not consecrate myself to be a missionary or a preacher.
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Many are so preoccupied with work that they allow little time for prayer. Hence they cannot cast out demons.
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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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By the time the average Christian gets his temperature up to normal, everybody thinks he has a fever!
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The Blood deals with what we have done, whereas the Cross deals with what we are. The Blood disposes of our sins, while the Cross strikes at the root of our capacity for sin.
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I need forgiveness for my sins, but I need also deliverance from the power of sin… I appreciate the blessed fact of God’s forgiveness, but I want something more than that: I want deliverance. I need forgiveness for what I have done, but I need also deliverance from what I am.
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Natural strength is what we receive from the hand of God as Creator. Spiritual strength is what we receive from God in grace.
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The devil abhors light and truth because these remove the ground of his working.
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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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We may be weak, but looking at our weakness will never make us strong.
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Not until we take the place of a servant can He take His place as Lord.
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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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If we just had more revelation of what we already have, there would be far less prayers and far more praise.
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God will not give me humility, or patience, or holiness, or love as separate investments of His grace. He has given only one gift to meet our need, His Son Christ Jesus.
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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 life of faith is not only totally different from, but also diametrically opposite to, a life of feeling.
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Revelation is the first step to holiness, and consecration is the second. A day must come in our lives, as definite as the day of our conversion, when we give up all right to ourselves and submit to the absolute Lordship of Jesus Christ.
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We consider strong emotion or outward conduct as life. In reality, though, these are not life. We ought to realize that only the Lord is life. Christ is our life. And it is the Lord who lives out this life in us.
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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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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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God asks for men who are totally broken and who will follow Him even to death to work for Him.
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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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