Our rest lies in looking to the Lord, not to ourselves.
WATCHMAN NEETo bear the cross means that you refrain from doing what you have the power to do. You are qualified to fulfill your desire, yet you refrain from doing so.
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The ‘flesh’ is too bad to be cleansed; it must be crucified.
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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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Food ought not hinder our fellowship with God since it is to be taken purely to preserve the body in health.
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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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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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It is a life utterly outpoured for the kingdom of God and lived in complete disregard for one’s personal happiness.
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The Christian experience, from start to finish, is a journey of faith.
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The Spirit is both a builder and a dweller. He cannot dwell where he has not built; He builds to dwell and dwells in only what he has built.
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The Christian faith begins not with a big DO but with a big DONE.
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Outside Christ, I am empty; in Christ, I am full.
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Our prayers lay the track down which Gods power can come. Like a mighty locomotive, his power is irresistible, but it cannot reach us without rails.
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The right attitude is this: that I have my own will, yet I will the will of God.
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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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It does not matter what your personal deficiency, or whether it be a hundred and one different things,
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Victory is the normal experience of a Christian; defeat should be the abnormal experience.
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