The child of God ought to confess his weakness that he does not know how to pray, and petition the Holy Spirit to teach him.
WATCHMAN NEEBy the time the average Christian gets his temperature up to normal, everybody thinks he has a fever!
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Many are so preoccupied with work that they allow little time for prayer. Hence they cannot cast out demons.
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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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Prayer enables us first inwardly to overcome the enemy and then outwardly to deal with him.
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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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God has always one sufficient answer, His Son Jesus Christ, and he is the answer to every need.
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We must have a spirit of power towards the enemy, a spirit of love towards men, and a spirit of self-control towards ourselves.
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The breaking of the alabaster box and the anointing of the Lord filled the house with the odor, with the sweetest odor.
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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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Take this as the secret of Christ’s life in you: His Spirit dwells in your innermost spirit. Meditate on it, believe in it, and remember it until this glorious truth produces within you a holy fear and wonderment that the Holy Spirit indeed abides in you.
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Everyone could smell it. Whenever you meet someone who has really suffered; been limited, gone through things for the Lord, willing to be imprisoned by the Lord.
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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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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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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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There is a line drawn by God, a boundary where by virtue of his own very presence Satan’s writ does not run. Let God but occupy all the space himself, and what room is left for the evil one?
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Victory is the normal experience of a Christian; defeat should be the abnormal experience.
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