I want nothing for myself; I want everything for the Lord.
WATCHMAN NEEGod 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 Christian life from start to finish is based upon this principle of utter dependence upon the Lord Jesus.
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True revelation of the fact of the Spirit’s indwelling will revolutionize the life of any Christian.
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To remove warfare from a spiritual life is to render it unspiritual.
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Our rest lies in looking to the Lord, not to ourselves.
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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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Life 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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With complete consecration comes perfect peace.
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Everyone could smell it. Whenever you meet someone who has really suffered; been limited, gone through things for the Lord, willing to be imprisoned by the Lord.
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It is important to receive God’s arrangement in the circumstances. This arrangement is the discipline of the Holy Spirit. To escape God’s arrangement just one time is to lose an opportunity to have our capacity enlarged. A believer can never be the same after passing through suffering.
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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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Not until we take the place of a servant can He take His place as Lord.
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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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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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The cross grants us position, the Holy Spirit gives us experience.
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There is nothing more tragic than to come to the end of life and know we have been on the wrong course.
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