God not only wants to break the outer man…He wants our spirit and our soul…our inner man and outer man to be separated from each other.
WATCHMAN NEEPrayer 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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Whatever the mind sets itself on is what the man walks after.
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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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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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May we always be possessed by the consciousness that we are not our own.
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I do not consecrate myself to be a missionary or a preacher.
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A born-again person ought to possess unspeakable peace in the spirit.
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I am weak; in Christ, I am strong. Outside of Christ, I cannot; in Christ, I am more than able. 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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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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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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True revelation of the fact of the Spirit’s indwelling will revolutionize the life of any Christian.
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Not until we take the place of a servant can He take His place as Lord.
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Why do so many Christians pray such tiny prayers when their God is so big?
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Negligence in prayer withers the inner man. Nothing can be a substitute for it, not even Christian work.
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