Samson is not alone in the history of man in failing in this regard. Delilah is still cutting the hair of man today!
WATCHMAN NEEIf we just had more revelation of what we already have, there would be far less prayers and far more praise.
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Because the Lord Jesus died on the Cross, I have received forgiveness of sins; because the Lord Jesus rose from the dead,
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To remove warfare from a spiritual life is to render it unspiritual.
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At times it seems we require more grace to lose our wealth than to lose our life!
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I must first have the sense of God’s possession of me before I can have the sense of His presence with me.
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Oh, Lord, you have indeed been gracious to 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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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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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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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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We should understand that the body is for the Lord and not for ourselves; hence we should refrain from using it for our pleasure.
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We think of the Christian life as a ‘changed life’ but it is not that. What God offers us is an ‘exchanged life,’ a ‘substituted life,’ and Christ is our Substitute within.
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The devil abhors light and truth because these remove the ground of his working.
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God has supplied all my needs and has not failed me once.
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May we see the Lord in all things-way, truth, and life are all found in knowing Him. May we really meet the Son of God and let Him live in us. Amen.
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Just being satisfied with Him and nothing else, immediately you scent the fragrance. There is a savor of the Lord. Something has been crushed, something has been broken, and there is a resulting odor of sweetness.
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Victory is the normal experience of a Christian; defeat should be the abnormal experience.
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Repentance means a change of mind. Formerly, I thought sin as a pleasant thing, but now I have changed my mind about it. Formerly, I thought the world an attractive place, but now I know better.
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Outside of Christ, I am only a sinner, but in Christ, I am saved. Outside of Christ, I am empty; in Christ, I am full. Outside of Christ,
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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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To keep our hand on the plow while wiping away our tears — THAT is Christianity!
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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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How easily we make things as way, truth, and life. Or, we call hot atmosphere as life, we label clear thought as life.
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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.
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Our rest lies in looking to the Lord, not to ourselves.
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How true it is that without the guidance of the Holy Spirit intellect not only is undependable but also extremely dangerous, because it often confuses the issue of right and wrong.
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Baptism is an outward expression of an inward faith.
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