Nowadays Christians appear to treat prayer as a means to accomplish their aims and ideas. If they possessed just a little deeper understanding, they would recognize that prayer is but man uttering to God what is God’s will.
WATCHMAN NEEIf 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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How true it is that without the guidance of the Holy Spirit intellect not only is undependable but also extremely dangerous, because it often confuses the issue of right and wrong.
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As God’s child advances spiritually be shall discover that the Lord’s time is as important as the Lord’s will. Do not rashly beget an Ishmael lest he become the greatest enemy to Isaac.
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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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Outside Christ, I am empty; in Christ, I am full.
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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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At times it seems we require more grace to lose our wealth than to lose our life!
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An affection which is not inspired by the Lord will soon be transformed into lust.
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Take this as the secret of Christ’s life in you: His Spirit dwells in your innermost spirit. Meditate on it, believe in it, and remember it until this glorious truth produces within you a holy fear and wonderment that the Holy Spirit indeed abides in you.
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If Christ lives in us, we will rejoice in everything, and we will thank and praise the Lord. We will say, ‘Hallelujah! Praise the Lord’ forever.
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By the time the average Christian gets his temperature up to normal, everybody thinks he has a fever!
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The cross grants us position, the Holy Spirit gives us experience.
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Separation to God, separation from the world, is the first principle of Christian living.
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It is a life utterly outpoured for the kingdom of God and lived in complete disregard for one’s personal happiness.
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All satanic works are performed from the outside inward; all divine works from the inside outward.
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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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