Not by gain our life is measured, But by what we’ve lost ‘Tis scored; ‘Tis not how much wine is drunken But how much has been outpoured. For the strength of love never standeth In the sacrifice we bear; He who has the greatest suffering Ever has the most to share.
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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Outside of Christ, I am only a sinner, but in Christ, I am saved. Outside of Christ, I am empty; in Christ, I am full. Outside of Christ,
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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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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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I have been defeated; in Christ, I am already victorious. How meaningful are the words, “in Christ.”
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The book of Acts is the best aid in approaching our work. We do not find there anyone consecrating himself as a preacher nor anyone deciding to do the Lord’s work by making himself a missionary or a pastor. What we do see is the Holy Spirit Himself appointing and sending men out to do the work.
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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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God will answer all our questions in one way and one way only. Namely, by showing us more of his Son.
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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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An unpeaceful mind cannot operate normally.
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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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By the time the average Christian gets his temperature up to normal, everybody thinks he has a fever!
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Prayer enables us first inwardly to overcome the enemy and then outwardly to deal with him.
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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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I want nothing for myself; I want everything for the Lord.
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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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Our old history ends with the Cross; our new history begins with the resurrection.
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I must first have the sense of God’s possession of me before I can have the sense of His presence with me.
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We think of the Christian life as a ‘changed life’ but it is not that. What God offers us is an ‘exchanged life,’ a ‘substituted life,’ and Christ is our Substitute within.
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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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Not until we take the place of a servant can He take His place as Lord.
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He who is able to accept everything gladly from the Lord – including darkness, dryness, flatness – and completely disregard self is he who lives for Him.
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God has supplied all my needs and has not failed me once.
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If we just had more revelation of what we already have, there would be far less prayers and far more praise.
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Spiritual advancement is measured by faithful obedience.
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Just being satisfied with Him and nothing else, immediately you scent the fragrance. There is a savor of the Lord. Something has been crushed, something has been broken, and there is a resulting odor of sweetness.
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The devil abhors light and truth because these remove the ground of his working.
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