Actually, only God can satisfy a Christian’s heart; man cannot.
WATCHMAN NEEThe devil abhors light and truth because these remove the ground of his working.
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We think of the Christian life as a ‘changed life’ but it is not that. What God offers us is an ‘exchanged life,’ a ‘substituted life,’ and Christ is our Substitute within.
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The ‘flesh’ is too bad to be cleansed; it must be crucified.
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Numerous Christians do not know how to glorify God in their eating and drinking. They do not eat and drink simply to keep their body fit for the Lord’s use but indulge to satisfy their personal desires.
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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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The Christian life from start to finish is based upon this principle of utter dependence upon the Lord Jesus.
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Spiritual advancement is measured by faithful obedience.
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Everyone who believes in God must have His revelation in his spirit, or else what he believes is not God but mere human wisdom, ideals or words. Such faith cannot endure the test.
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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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I consecrate myself to God to do His will where I am, be it in school, office, or kitchen, or wherever He may, in His wisdom, send me.
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Our rest lies in looking to the Lord, not to ourselves.
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Lord, I am willing to break my heart in order that I may satisfy Thy heart!
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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 bread is not only the Word of God, our meat is not only to do His will, our bread is also…the difficulties that are in our way.
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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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I must first have the sense of God’s possession of me before I can have the sense of His presence with me.
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