Victory is the normal experience of a Christian; defeat should be the abnormal experience.
WATCHMAN NEEI do not consecrate myself to be a missionary or a preacher.
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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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An affection which is not inspired by the Lord will soon be transformed into lust.
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Let us ask Him to deliver us from the many external and fragmentary affairs that we may touch only Him.
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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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Baptism is an outward expression of an inward faith.
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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 book of Acts is the best aid in approaching our work. We do not find there anyone consecrating himself as a preacher nor anyone deciding to do the Lord’s work by making himself a missionary or a pastor. What we do see is the Holy Spirit Himself appointing and sending men out to do the work.
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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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An unpeaceful mind cannot operate normally.
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Teach us to pray that we may cause The enemy to flee, That we his evil power may bind, His prisoners to free.
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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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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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May we always be possessed by the consciousness that we are not our own.
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The life of faith is not only totally different from, but also diametrically opposite to, a life of feeling.
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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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