Lord, I am willing to break my heart in order that I may satisfy Thy heart!
WATCHMAN NEEWhy do so many Christians pray such tiny prayers when their God is so big?
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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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Separation to God, separation from the world, is the first principle of Christian living.
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If you would test the character of anything, you only need to enquire whether that thing leads you to God or away from God.
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May we always be possessed by the consciousness that we are not our own.
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Everyone who believes in God must have His revelation in his spirit, or else what he believes is not God but mere human wisdom, ideals or words. Such faith cannot endure the test.
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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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God is not seeking a display of my Christ-likeness , but a manifestation of His Christ.
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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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God has always one sufficient answer, His Son Jesus Christ, and he is the answer to every need.
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Because the Lord Jesus died on the Cross, I have received forgiveness of sins; because the Lord Jesus rose from the dead,
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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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A born-again person ought to possess unspeakable peace in the spirit.
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The Spirit is both a builder and a dweller. He cannot dwell where he has not built; He builds to dwell and dwells in only what he has built.
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Actually, only God can satisfy a Christian’s heart; man cannot.
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We must have a spirit of power towards the enemy, a spirit of love towards men, and a spirit of self-control towards ourselves.
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