Prayer is work. The experiences of many children of God demonstrate that it accomplishes far more than does any other form of work. It is also warfare, for it is one of the weapons in fighting the enemy. However, only prayer in the spirit is genuinely effectual.
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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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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If you would test the character of anything, you only need to enquire whether that thing leads you to God or away from God.
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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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The Christian faith begins not with a big DO but with a big DONE.
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An unpeaceful mind cannot operate normally.
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Actually, only God can satisfy a Christian’s heart; man cannot.
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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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Good is not always God’s will, but God’s will is always good.
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The life of faith is not only totally different from, but also diametrically opposite to, a life of feeling.
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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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I do not consecrate myself to be a missionary or a preacher.
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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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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.
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There is a line drawn by God, a boundary where by virtue of his own very presence Satan’s writ does not run. Let God but occupy all the space himself, and what room is left for the evil one?
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The Lord has shown me that I can do anything, but that He has said, apart from Me ye can do nothing. So it comes to this, that everything I have done, and can still do apart from Him is nothing!
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