Why do so many Christians pray such tiny prayers when their God is so big?
WATCHMAN NEEThe right attitude is this: that I have my own will, yet I will the will of God.
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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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An affection which is not inspired by the Lord will soon be transformed into lust.
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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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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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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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God will answer all our questions in one way and one way only. Namely, by showing us more of his Son.
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Life in the spirit is a suffering way, filled with watching and laboring, burdened by weariness and trial, punctuated by heartbreak and conflict.
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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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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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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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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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Negligence in prayer withers the inner man. Nothing can be a substitute for it, not even Christian work.
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May we always be possessed by the consciousness that we are not our own.
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Repentance means a change of mind. Formerly, I thought sin as a pleasant thing, but now I have changed my mind about it. Formerly, I thought the world an attractive place, but now I know better.
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Our old history ends with the Cross; our new history begins with the resurrection.
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