Samson is not alone in the history of man in failing in this regard. Delilah is still cutting the hair of man today!
WATCHMAN NEEAll satanic works are performed from the outside inward; all divine works from the inside outward.
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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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A Christian life is an unending engagement on the battlefield.
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All satanic works are performed from the outside inward; all divine works from the inside outward.
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I do not consecrate myself to be a missionary or a preacher.
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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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At times it seems we require more grace to lose our wealth than to lose our life!
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If we just had more revelation of what we already have, there would be far less prayers and far more praise.
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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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God has supplied all my needs and has not failed me once.
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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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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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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.
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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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The child of God ought to confess his weakness that he does not know how to pray, and petition the Holy Spirit to teach him.
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God asks for men who are totally broken and who will follow Him even to death to work for Him.
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With complete consecration comes perfect peace.
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Not by gain our life is measured, But by what we’ve lost ‘Tis scored; ‘Tis not how much wine is drunken But how much has been outpoured. For the strength of love never standeth In the sacrifice we bear; He who has the greatest suffering Ever has the most to share.
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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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Our bread is not only the Word of God, our meat is not only to do His will, our bread is also…the difficulties that are in our way.
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Numerous Christians do not know how to glorify God in their eating and drinking. They do not eat and drink simply to keep their body fit for the Lord’s use but indulge to satisfy their personal desires.
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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.
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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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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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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 cross grants us position, the Holy Spirit gives us experience.
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People who are lazy, careless, doubtful-minded or arrogant need not expect God to reveal His secret or covenant to them.
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