We must have a spirit of power towards the enemy, a spirit of love towards men, and a spirit of self-control towards ourselves.
WATCHMAN NEEThe ‘flesh’ is too bad to be cleansed; it must be crucified.
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There is nothing more tragic than to come to the end of life and know we have been on the wrong course.
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Victory is the normal experience of a Christian; defeat should be the abnormal experience.
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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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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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I need forgiveness for my sins, but I need also deliverance from the power of sin… I appreciate the blessed fact of God’s forgiveness, but I want something more than that: I want deliverance. I need forgiveness for what I have done, but I need also deliverance from what I am.
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I want nothing for myself; I want everything for the Lord.
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Prayer enables us first inwardly to overcome the enemy and then outwardly to deal with him.
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With complete consecration comes perfect peace.
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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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If Christ lives in us, we will rejoice in everything, and we will thank and praise the Lord. We will say, ‘Hallelujah! Praise the Lord’ forever.
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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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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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It does not matter what your personal deficiency, or whether it be a hundred and one different things,
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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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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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