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.
WATCHMAN NEEPrayer enables us first inwardly to overcome the enemy and then outwardly to deal with him.
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A born-again person ought to possess unspeakable peace in the spirit.
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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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Christ is the Son of God. He died to atone for men’s sin, and after three days rose again. This is the most important fact in the universe. I die believing in Christ.
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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.
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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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I want nothing for myself; I want everything for the Lord.
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Christians ought to eliminate their folly. They ought to adopt God’s view of the absolute impossibility for their natural walk to please Him. They must dare to allow the Holy Spirit to point out to them every corruption of the soul life.
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Frequently the enemy entices Christians to harbor an unforgiving spirit – a very common symptom indeed among God’s children. Such bitterness and fault-finding and enmity inflict a severe blow upon spiritual life.
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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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Spiritual advancement is measured by faithful obedience.
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Everyone could smell it. Whenever you meet someone who has really suffered; been limited, gone through things for the Lord, willing to be imprisoned by the Lord.
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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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Outside of Christ, I am only a sinner, but in Christ, I am saved. Outside of Christ, I am empty; in Christ, I am full. Outside of Christ,
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With fear and trembling we must rely upon God for guidance in the inner depths. This is the sole way to walk according to the spirit.
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Prayer is work. The experiences of many children of God demonstrate that it accomplishes far more than does any other form of work. It is also warfare, for it is one of the weapons in fighting the enemy. However, only prayer in the spirit is genuinely effectual.
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Separation to God, separation from the world, is the first principle of Christian living.
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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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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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With complete consecration comes perfect peace.
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How easily we make things as way, truth, and life. Or, we call hot atmosphere as life, we label clear thought as life.
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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.
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A Christian life is an unending engagement on the battlefield.
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To keep our hand on the plow while wiping away our tears — THAT is Christianity!
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Baptism is an outward expression of an inward faith.
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The cross grants us position, the Holy Spirit gives us experience.
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Victory is the normal experience of a Christian; defeat should be the abnormal experience.
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