There is nothing more tragic than to come to the end of life and know we have been on the wrong course.
WATCHMAN NEEAll satanic works are performed from the outside inward; all divine works from the inside outward.
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How true it is that without the guidance of the Holy Spirit intellect not only is undependable but also extremely dangerous, because it often confuses the issue of right and wrong.
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I must first have the sense of God’s possession of me before I can have the sense of His presence with me.
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Spiritual advancement is measured by faithful obedience.
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It is important to receive God’s arrangement in the circumstances. This arrangement is the discipline of the Holy Spirit. To escape God’s arrangement just one time is to lose an opportunity to have our capacity enlarged. A believer can never be the same after passing through suffering.
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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 cross grants us position, the Holy Spirit gives us experience.
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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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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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True revelation of the fact of the Spirit’s indwelling will revolutionize the life of any Christian.
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There is a line drawn by God, a boundary where by virtue of his own very presence Satan’s writ does not run. Let God but occupy all the space himself, and what room is left for the evil one?
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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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The sight of any trouble strikes terror into the heart of those who do not have faith, but those who trust Him say, ‘Here comes my food.!
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Prayer enables us first inwardly to overcome the enemy and then outwardly to deal with him.
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Actually, only God can satisfy a Christian’s heart; man cannot.
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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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