The Blood deals with what we have done, whereas the Cross deals with what we are. The Blood disposes of our sins, while the Cross strikes at the root of our capacity for sin.
WATCHMAN NEEGod will answer all our questions in one way and one way only. Namely, by showing us more of his Son.
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God has supplied all my needs and has not failed me once.
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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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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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Not until we take the place of a servant can He take His place as Lord.
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The cross grants us position, the Holy Spirit gives us experience.
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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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It is important to receive God’s arrangement in the circumstances. This arrangement is the discipline of the Holy Spirit. To escape God’s arrangement just one time is to lose an opportunity to have our capacity enlarged. A believer can never be the same after passing through suffering.
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God will not give me humility, or patience, or holiness, or love as separate investments of His grace. He has given only one gift to meet our need, His Son Christ Jesus.
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God is not seeking a display of my Christ-likeness , but a manifestation of His Christ.
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I have received new life; because the Lord Jesus has been exalted to the right hand of the Father, I have received the outpoured Spirit. All is because of Him; nothing is because of me.
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All satanic works are performed from the outside inward; all divine works from the inside outward.
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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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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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Prayer enables us first inwardly to overcome the enemy and then outwardly to deal with him.
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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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