All satanic works are performed from the outside inward; all divine works from the inside outward.
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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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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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.
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The cross grants us position, the Holy Spirit gives us experience.
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Prayer enables us first inwardly to overcome the enemy and then outwardly to deal with him.
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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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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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True revelation of the fact of the Spirit’s indwelling will revolutionize the life of any Christian.
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By the time the average Christian gets his temperature up to normal, everybody thinks he has a fever!
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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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I have been defeated; in Christ, I am already victorious. How meaningful are the words, “in Christ.”
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Our bread is not only the Word of God, our meat is not only to do His will, our bread is also…the difficulties that are in our way.
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A born-again person ought to possess unspeakable peace in the spirit.
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I do not consecrate myself to be a missionary or a preacher.
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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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I need forgiveness for my sins, but I need also deliverance from the power of sin… I appreciate the blessed fact of God’s forgiveness, but I want something more than that: I want deliverance. I need forgiveness for what I have done, but I need also deliverance from what I am.
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