Samson is not alone in the history of man in failing in this regard. Delilah is still cutting the hair of man today!
WATCHMAN NEETo remove warfare from a spiritual life is to render it unspiritual.
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Spiritual advancement is measured by faithful obedience.
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The Christian experience, from start to finish, is a journey of faith.
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Formerly I regarded it miserable business to be a Christian, but now I think differently. Once I thought certain things delightful, now I think them vile. Once I thought other things utterly worthless, now I think them most precious. That is a change of mind, and that is repentance.
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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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Prayer enables us first inwardly to overcome the enemy and then outwardly to deal with him.
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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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He who is able to accept everything gladly from the Lord – including darkness, dryness, flatness – and completely disregard self is he who lives for Him.
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The book of Acts is the best aid in approaching our work. We do not find there anyone consecrating himself as a preacher nor anyone deciding to do the Lord’s work by making himself a missionary or a pastor. What we do see is the Holy Spirit Himself appointing and sending men out to do the work.
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God not only wants to break the outer man…He wants our spirit and our soul…our inner man and outer man to be separated from each other.
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With fear and trembling we must rely upon God for guidance in the inner depths. This is the sole way to walk according to the spirit.
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Whatever the mind sets itself on is what the man walks after.
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I have been defeated; in Christ, I am already victorious. How meaningful are the words, “in Christ.”
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Our old history ends with the Cross; our new history begins with the resurrection.
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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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Separation to God, separation from the world, is the first principle of Christian living.
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