To keep our hand on the plow while wiping away our tears — THAT is Christianity!
WATCHMAN NEERevelation 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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Good is not always God’s will, but God’s will is always good.
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We must not pay attention just to reading and studying; rather, we should ask if we are open before the Lord. If we do not have an unveiled face, the glory of the Lord will not shine on us. If our heart is not open to God, God cannot give us any light.
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The life of faith is not only totally different from, but also diametrically opposite to, a life of feeling.
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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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All satanic works are performed from the outside inward; all divine works from the inside outward.
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Baptism is an outward expression of an inward faith.
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God is not seeking a display of my Christ-likeness , but a manifestation of His Christ.
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How easily we make things as way, truth, and life. Or, we call hot atmosphere as life, we label clear thought as life.
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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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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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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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Actually, only God can satisfy a Christian’s heart; man cannot.
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It does not matter what your personal deficiency, or whether it be a hundred and one different things,
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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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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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