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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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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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Because Cross Dead Dies Forgiveness Jesus Lord Recieve Rose Sins
I do not consecrate myself to be a missionary or a preacher.
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Concrete Missionary Myself Preacher
Put very simply, Satan’s power in the world is everywhere. Yet wherever men and women walk in the Spirit, sensitive to the anointing they have from God, that power of his just evaporates.
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With complete consecration comes perfect peace.
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Come Complete Consecration Peace Perfect With
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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Christ Outside Save Sinner
Prayer is work. The experiences of many children of God demonstrate that it accomplishes far more than does any other form of work. It is also warfare, for it is one of the weapons in fighting the enemy. However, only prayer in the spirit is genuinely effectual.
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Accomplish Any Children Demonstrate Expression Form God More Other Prayer Work
An affection which is not inspired by the Lord will soon be transformed into lust.
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Any Effection Inspire Into Lord Lust Soon Transform
The Christian experience, from start to finish, is a journey of faith.
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Christian Experience Faith Finish Journey Start
Our rest lies in looking to the Lord, not to ourselves.
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Lie Look Lord Our Ourselves Rest To
Victory is the normal experience of a Christian; defeat should be the abnormal experience.
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Abnormal Christian Defeatm Should Existence Experience Norman Victory
Christ is the Son of God. He died to atone for men’s sin, and after three days rose again. This is the most important fact in the universe. I die believing in Christ.
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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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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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Acid An Inner Lost Prayer Strength
Christians ought to eliminate their folly. They ought to adopt God’s view of the absolute impossibility for their natural walk to please Him. They must dare to allow the Holy Spirit to point out to them every corruption of the soul life.
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Absolute Adopt Christianity Eliminate Folly God Natural Ought Please View Walk
The devil abhors light and truth because these remove the ground of his working.
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Abhor Because Devil Ground Light Remove Truth Work
Many are so preoccupied with work that they allow little time for prayer. Hence they cannot cast out demons.
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Allow Demons Many Prayer Preoccupied Time Work
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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Cross Everything God Greatest Himself Negative Not Out Universe Was Wipe
The Christian faith begins not with a big DO but with a big DONE.
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Begun Big Christian Do Done Faith
Often Satan injects pride into the believer’s spirit, evoking in him an attitude of self-importance and of self-conceit. He causes him to esteem himself a very outstanding person, one who is indispensable in God’s work. Such a spirit constitutes one of the major reasons for the fall of believers.
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Attitude Believer Connect Evoke Importance Often Pride Satan Self Spirit
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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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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Let us ask Him to deliver us from the many external and fragmentary affairs that we may touch only Him.
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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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Crush Immediately Nothing Odor Result Satisfy Savor Scent Something Sweetness
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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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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Our prayers lay the track down which Gods power can come. Like a mighty locomotive, his power is irresistible, but it cannot reach us without rails.
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Can Come Down God Irresistible Like Locomotive Our Power Prayer Rail Track
To bear the cross means that you refrain from doing what you have the power to do. You are qualified to fulfill your desire, yet you refrain from doing so.
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