Our prayers lay the track down which Gods power can come. Like a mighty locomotive, his power is irresistible, but it cannot reach us without rails.
WATCHMAN NEEThe right attitude is this: that I have my own will, yet I will the will of God.
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An affection which is not inspired by the Lord will soon be transformed into lust.
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To keep our hand on the plow while wiping away our tears — THAT is Christianity!
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We 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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We think of the Christian life as a ‘changed life’ but it is not that. What God offers us is an ‘exchanged life,’ a ‘substituted life,’ and Christ is our Substitute within.
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Spiritual advancement is measured by faithful obedience.
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How easily we make things as way, truth, and life. Or, we call hot atmosphere as life, we label clear thought as life.
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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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Everyone could smell it. Whenever you meet someone who has really suffered; been limited, gone through things for the Lord, willing to be imprisoned by the Lord.
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A born-again person ought to possess unspeakable peace in the spirit.
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It is a life utterly outpoured for the kingdom of God and lived in complete disregard for one’s personal happiness.
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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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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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Separation to God, separation from the world, is the first principle of Christian living.
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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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Actually, only God can satisfy a Christian’s heart; man cannot.
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