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.
WATCHMAN NEEOur 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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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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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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The ‘flesh’ is too bad to be cleansed; it must be crucified.
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Revelation is the first step to holiness, and consecration is the second. A day must come in our lives, as definite as the day of our conversion, when we give up all right to ourselves and submit to the absolute Lordship of Jesus Christ.
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We should understand that the body is for the Lord and not for ourselves; hence we should refrain from using it for our pleasure.
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Everyone who believes in God must have His revelation in his spirit, or else what he believes is not God but mere human wisdom, ideals or words. Such faith cannot endure the test.
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Formerly I regarded it miserable business to be a Christian, but now I think differently. Once I thought certain things delightful, now I think them vile. Once I thought other things utterly worthless, now I think them most precious. That is a change of mind, and that is repentance.
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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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Life in the spirit is a suffering way, filled with watching and laboring, burdened by weariness and trial, punctuated by heartbreak and conflict.
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The Christian life from start to finish is based upon this principle of utter dependence upon the Lord Jesus.
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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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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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At times it seems we require more grace to lose our wealth than to lose our life!
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Our rest lies in looking to the Lord, not to ourselves.
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A born-again person ought to possess unspeakable peace in the spirit.
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