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.
WATCHMAN NEETrue revelation of the fact of the Spirit’s indwelling will revolutionize the life of any Christian.
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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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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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Many are so preoccupied with work that they allow little time for prayer. Hence they cannot cast out demons.
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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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Not until we take the place of a servant can He take His place as Lord.
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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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To keep our hand on the plow while wiping away our tears — THAT is Christianity!
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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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The life of faith is not only totally different from, but also diametrically opposite to, a life of feeling.
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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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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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How easily we make things as way, truth, and life. Or, we call hot atmosphere as life, we label clear thought as life.
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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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The greatest negative in the universe is the Cross, for with it God wiped out everything that was not of Himself: the greatest positive in the universe is the resurrection, for through it God brought into being all.
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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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