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 NEEThe ‘flesh’ is too bad to be cleansed; it must be crucified.
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A Christian life is an unending engagement on the battlefield.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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The Christian life from start to finish is based upon this principle of utter dependence upon the Lord Jesus.
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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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The life of faith is not only totally different from, but also diametrically opposite to, a life of feeling.
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Nowadays Christians appear to treat prayer as a means to accomplish their aims and ideas. If they possessed just a little deeper understanding, they would recognize that prayer is but man uttering to God what is God’s will.
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Life in the spirit is a suffering way, filled with watching and laboring, burdened by weariness and trial, punctuated by heartbreak and conflict.
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