Lord, I am willing to break my heart in order that I may satisfy Thy heart!
WATCHMAN NEEPrayer enables us first inwardly to overcome the enemy and then outwardly to deal with him.
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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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God is not seeking a display of my Christ-likeness , but a manifestation of His Christ.
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An affection which is not inspired by the Lord will soon be transformed into lust.
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Because the Lord Jesus died on the Cross, I have received forgiveness of sins; because the Lord Jesus rose from the dead,
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The Christian life from start to finish is based upon this principle of utter dependence upon the Lord Jesus.
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The cross grants us position, the Holy Spirit gives us experience.
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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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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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Let us ask Him to deliver us from the many external and fragmentary affairs that we may touch only Him.
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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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With complete consecration comes perfect peace.
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As God’s child advances spiritually be shall discover that the Lord’s time is as important as the Lord’s will. Do not rashly beget an Ishmael lest he become the greatest enemy to Isaac.
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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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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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At times it seems we require more grace to lose our wealth than to lose our life!
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