Separation to God, separation from the world, is the first principle of Christian living.
WATCHMAN NEEThe life of faith is not only totally different from, but also diametrically opposite to, a life of feeling.
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I need forgiveness for my sins, but I need also deliverance from the power of sin… I appreciate the blessed fact of God’s forgiveness, but I want something more than that: I want deliverance. I need forgiveness for what I have done, but I need also deliverance from what I am.
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A Christian life is an unending engagement on the battlefield.
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I want nothing for myself; I want everything for the Lord.
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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.
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I do not consecrate myself to be a missionary or a preacher.
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God has supplied all my needs and has not failed me once.
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Outside Christ, I am empty; in Christ, I am full.
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Frequently the enemy entices Christians to harbor an unforgiving spirit – a very common symptom indeed among God’s children. Such bitterness and fault-finding and enmity inflict a severe blow upon spiritual life.
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Good is not always God’s will, but God’s will is always good.
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Prayer enables us first inwardly to overcome the enemy and then outwardly to deal with him.
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An affection which is not inspired by the Lord will soon be transformed into lust.
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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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Baptism is an outward expression of an inward faith.
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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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Outside of Christ, I am only a sinner, but in Christ, I am saved. Outside of Christ, I am empty; in Christ, I am full. Outside of Christ,
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