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.
WATCHMAN NEEAll satanic works are performed from the outside inward; all divine works from the inside outward.
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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 Christian life from start to finish is based upon this principle of utter dependence upon the Lord Jesus.
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Why do so many Christians pray such tiny prayers when their God is so big?
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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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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 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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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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We must have a spirit of power towards the enemy, a spirit of love towards men, and a spirit of self-control towards ourselves.
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We may be weak, but looking at our weakness will never make us strong.
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Victory is the normal experience of a Christian; defeat should be the abnormal experience.
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Separation to God, separation from the world, is the first principle of Christian living.
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All satanic works are performed from the outside inward; all divine works from the inside outward.
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We must not pay attention just to reading and studying; rather, we should ask if we are open before the Lord. If we do not have an unveiled face, the glory of the Lord will not shine on us. If our heart is not open to God, God cannot give us any light.
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I want nothing for myself; I want everything for the Lord.
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With complete consecration comes perfect peace.
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