Spiritual advancement is measured by faithful obedience.
WATCHMAN NEEWith 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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By the time the average Christian gets his temperature up to normal, everybody thinks he has a fever!
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The Spirit is both a builder and a dweller. He cannot dwell where he has not built; He builds to dwell and dwells in only what he has built.
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There is nothing more tragic than to come to the end of life and know we have been on the wrong course.
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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.
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We may be weak, but looking at our weakness will never make us strong.
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An unpeaceful mind cannot operate normally.
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Outside Christ, I am empty; in Christ, I am full.
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Everyone could smell it. Whenever you meet someone who has really suffered; been limited, gone through things for the Lord, willing to be imprisoned by the Lord.
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The Christian faith begins not with a big DO but with a big DONE.
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I am weak; in Christ, I am strong. Outside of Christ, I cannot; in Christ, I am more than able. Outside of Christ,
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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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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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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.
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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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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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