Life in the spirit is a suffering way, filled with watching and laboring, burdened by weariness and trial, punctuated by heartbreak and conflict.
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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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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God is not seeking a display of my Christ-likeness , but a manifestation of His Christ.
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Lord, I am willing to break my heart in order that I may satisfy Thy heart!
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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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Separation to God, separation from the world, is the first principle of Christian living.
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To keep our hand on the plow while wiping away our tears — THAT is Christianity!
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The ‘flesh’ is too bad to be cleansed; it must be crucified.
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Oh, Lord, you have indeed been gracious to 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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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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Spiritual advancement is measured by faithful obedience.
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The right attitude is this: that I have my own will, yet I will the will of God.
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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.
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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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The Christian experience, from start to finish, is a journey of faith.
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