May we see the Lord in all things-way, truth, and life are all found in knowing Him. May we really meet the Son of God and let Him live in us. Amen.
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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God is not seeking a display of my Christ-likeness , but a manifestation of His Christ.
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Separation to God, separation from the world, is the first principle of Christian living.
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May we always be possessed by the consciousness that we are not our own.
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Prayer enables us first inwardly to overcome the enemy and then outwardly to deal with him.
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To keep our hand on the plow while wiping away our tears — THAT is Christianity!
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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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God asks for men who are totally broken and who will follow Him even to death to work for Him.
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Why do so many Christians pray such tiny prayers when their God is so big?
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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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The ‘flesh’ is too bad to be cleansed; it must be crucified.
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Actually, only God can satisfy a Christian’s heart; man cannot.
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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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Repentance means a change of mind. Formerly, I thought sin as a pleasant thing, but now I have changed my mind about it. Formerly, I thought the world an attractive place, but now I know better.
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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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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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An unpeaceful mind cannot operate normally.
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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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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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Good is not always God’s will, but God’s will is always good.
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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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I want nothing for myself; I want everything for the Lord.
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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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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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The right attitude is this: that I have my own will, yet I will the will of God.
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True revelation of the fact of the Spirit’s indwelling will revolutionize the life of any Christian.
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I consecrate myself to God to do His will where I am, be it in school, office, or kitchen, or wherever He may, in His wisdom, send me.
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