Man’s thought is always of the punishment that will come to him if he sins. But God’s thought is always of the glory man will miss if he sins. God’s purpose for redemption is glory, glory, glory.
WATCHMAN NEEThe life of faith is not only totally different from, but also diametrically opposite to, a life of feeling.
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A person like this is the strongest person. The strongest person is not the one who is able to do something, but the one who is able not to do what he has the power to do.
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Food ought not hinder our fellowship with God since it is to be taken purely to preserve the body in health.
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Samson is not alone in the history of man in failing in this regard. Delilah is still cutting the hair of man today!
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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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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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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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Separation to God, separation from the world, is the first principle of Christian living.
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Good is not always God’s will, but God’s will is always good.
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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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God has always one sufficient answer, His Son Jesus Christ, and he is the answer to every need.
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Actually, only God can satisfy a Christian’s heart; man cannot.
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The devil abhors light and truth because these remove the ground of his working.
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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.
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Prayer is the acid test of the inner man’s strength. A strong spirit is capable of praying much and praying with all perseverance until the answer comes. A weak one grows weary and fainthearted in the maintenance of praying.
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Christians ought to eliminate their folly. They ought to adopt God’s view of the absolute impossibility for their natural walk to please Him. They must dare to allow the Holy Spirit to point out to them every corruption of the soul life.
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