Samson is not alone in the history of man in failing in this regard. Delilah is still cutting the hair of man today!
WATCHMAN NEEGod has always one sufficient answer, His Son Jesus Christ, and he is the answer to every need.
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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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Victory is the normal experience of a Christian; defeat should be the abnormal experience.
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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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It is a life utterly outpoured for the kingdom of God and lived in complete disregard for one’s personal happiness.
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An unpeaceful mind cannot operate normally.
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Teach us to pray that we may cause The enemy to flee, That we his evil power may bind, His prisoners to free.
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A person like this is the strongest person. The strongest person is not the one who is able to do something, but the one who is able not to do what he has the power to do.
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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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Revelation is the first step to holiness, and consecration is the second. A day must come in our lives, as definite as the day of our conversion, when we give up all right to ourselves and submit to the absolute Lordship of Jesus Christ.
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God has supplied all my needs and has not failed me once.
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Often Satan injects pride into the believer’s spirit, evoking in him an attitude of self-importance and of self-conceit. He causes him to esteem himself a very outstanding person, one who is indispensable in God’s work. Such a spirit constitutes one of the major reasons for the fall of believers.
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Lord, I am willing to break my heart in order that I may satisfy Thy heart!
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Prayer is the acid test of the inner man’s strength. A strong spirit is capable of praying much and praying with all perseverance until the answer comes. A weak one grows weary and fainthearted in the maintenance of praying.
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The ‘flesh’ is too bad to be cleansed; it must be crucified.
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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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