The cross grants us position, the Holy Spirit gives us experience.
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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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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The sight of any trouble strikes terror into the heart of those who do not have faith, but those who trust Him say, ‘Here comes my food.!
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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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Lord, I am willing to break my heart in order that I may satisfy Thy heart!
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I have received new life; because the Lord Jesus has been exalted to the right hand of the Father, I have received the outpoured Spirit. All is because of Him; nothing is because of me.
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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.
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The Christian faith begins not with a big DO but with a big DONE.
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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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Many are so preoccupied with work that they allow little time for prayer. Hence they cannot cast out demons.
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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 Christian experience, from start to finish, is a journey of faith.
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The Blood deals with what we have done, whereas the Cross deals with what we are. The Blood disposes of our sins, while the Cross strikes at the root of our capacity for sin.
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Baptism is an outward expression of an inward faith.
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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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Oh, Lord, you have indeed been gracious to me.
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