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.
WATCHMAN NEEBy the time the average Christian gets his temperature up to normal, everybody thinks he has a fever!
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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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By the time the average Christian gets his temperature up to normal, everybody thinks he has a fever!
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We may be weak, but looking at our weakness will never make us strong.
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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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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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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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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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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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Let us ask Him to deliver us from the many external and fragmentary affairs that we may touch only Him.
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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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All satanic works are performed from the outside inward; all divine works from the inside outward.
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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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Our rest lies in looking to the Lord, not to ourselves.
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Natural strength is what we receive from the hand of God as Creator. Spiritual strength is what we receive from God in grace.
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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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