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,
WATCHMAN NEEWe should understand that the body is for the Lord and not for ourselves; hence we should refrain from using it for our pleasure.
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A born-again person ought to possess unspeakable peace in the spirit.
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To remove warfare from a spiritual life is to render it unspiritual.
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All satanic works are performed from the outside inward; all divine works from the inside outward.
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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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It does not matter what your personal deficiency, or whether it be a hundred and one different things,
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The greatest negative in the universe is the Cross, for with it God wiped out everything that was not of Himself: the greatest positive in the universe is the resurrection, for through it God brought into being all.
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Our rest lies in looking to the Lord, not to ourselves.
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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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The life of faith is not only totally different from, but also diametrically opposite to, a life of feeling.
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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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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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By the time the average Christian gets his temperature up to normal, everybody thinks he has a fever!
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Outside Christ, I am empty; in Christ, I am full.
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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 ‘flesh’ is too bad to be cleansed; it must be crucified.
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