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.
WATCHMAN NEEThe ‘flesh’ is too bad to be cleansed; it must be crucified.
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Separation to God, separation from the world, is the first principle of Christian living.
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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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Oh, Lord, you have indeed been gracious to me.
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To remove warfare from a spiritual life is to render it unspiritual.
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Actually, only God can satisfy a Christian’s heart; man cannot.
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Spiritual advancement is measured by faithful obedience.
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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 sight of any trouble strikes terror into the heart of those who do not have faith, but those who trust Him say, ‘Here comes my food.!
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It is important to receive God’s arrangement in the circumstances. This arrangement is the discipline of the Holy Spirit. To escape God’s arrangement just one time is to lose an opportunity to have our capacity enlarged. A believer can never be the same after passing through suffering.
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True revelation of the fact of the Spirit’s indwelling will revolutionize the life of any Christian.
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Not until we take the place of a servant can He take His place as Lord.
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I do not consecrate myself to be a missionary or a preacher.
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God has supplied all my needs and has not failed me once.
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As God’s child advances spiritually be shall discover that the Lord’s time is as important as the Lord’s will. Do not rashly beget an Ishmael lest he become the greatest enemy to Isaac.
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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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