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.
WATCHMAN NEELife in the spirit is a suffering way, filled with watching and laboring, burdened by weariness and trial, punctuated by heartbreak and conflict.
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The Christian faith begins not with a big DO but with a big DONE.
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Prayer is work. The experiences of many children of God demonstrate that it accomplishes far more than does any other form of work. It is also warfare, for it is one of the weapons in fighting the enemy. However, only prayer in the spirit is genuinely effectual.
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The devil abhors light and truth because these remove the ground of his working.
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Not until we take the place of a servant can He take His place as Lord.
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The cross grants us position, the Holy Spirit gives us experience.
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To keep our hand on the plow while wiping away our tears — THAT is Christianity!
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Teach us to pray that we may cause The enemy to flee, That we his evil power may bind, His prisoners to free.
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Baptism is an outward expression of an inward faith.
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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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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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If you would test the character of anything, you only need to enquire whether that thing leads you to God or away from God.
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A born-again person ought to possess unspeakable peace in the spirit.
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Oh, Lord, you have indeed been gracious to me.
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If we just had more revelation of what we already have, there would be far less prayers and far more praise.
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A Christian life is an unending engagement on the battlefield.
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