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.
WATCHMAN NEEGod has always one sufficient answer, His Son Jesus Christ, and he is the answer to every need.
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Let us ask Him to deliver us from the many external and fragmentary affairs that we may touch only Him.
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Not by gain our life is measured, But by what we’ve lost ‘Tis scored; ‘Tis not how much wine is drunken But how much has been outpoured. For the strength of love never standeth In the sacrifice we bear; He who has the greatest suffering Ever has the most to share.
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God 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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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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Our rest lies in looking to the Lord, not to ourselves.
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To keep our hand on the plow while wiping away our tears — THAT is Christianity!
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Not until we take the place of a servant can He take His place as Lord.
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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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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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Just being satisfied with Him and nothing else, immediately you scent the fragrance. There is a savor of the Lord. Something has been crushed, something has been broken, and there is a resulting odor of sweetness.
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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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We must have a spirit of power towards the enemy, a spirit of love towards men, and a spirit of self-control towards ourselves.
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Prayer enables us first inwardly to overcome the enemy and then outwardly to deal with him.
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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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