Christians ought to eliminate their folly. They ought to adopt God’s view of the absolute impossibility for their natural walk to please Him. They must dare to allow the Holy Spirit to point out to them every corruption of the soul life.
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 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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With complete consecration comes perfect peace.
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I am weak; in Christ, I am strong. Outside of Christ, I cannot; in Christ, I am more than able. Outside of Christ,
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Man’s thought is always of the punishment that will come to him if he sins. But God’s thought is always of the glory man will miss if he sins. God’s purpose for redemption is glory, glory, glory.
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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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To keep our hand on the plow while wiping away our tears — THAT is Christianity!
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The ‘flesh’ is too bad to be cleansed; it must be crucified.
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Baptism is an outward expression of an inward faith.
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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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Spiritual advancement is measured by faithful obedience.
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God will answer all our questions in one way and one way only. Namely, by showing us more of his Son.
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Whatever the mind sets itself on is what the man walks after.
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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 born-again person ought to possess unspeakable peace in the spirit.
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Natural strength is what we receive from the hand of God as Creator. Spiritual strength is what we receive from God in grace.
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