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.
WATCHMAN NEEThere is a line drawn by God, a boundary where by virtue of his own very presence Satan’s writ does not run. Let God but occupy all the space himself, and what room is left for the evil one?
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At times it seems we require more grace to lose our wealth than to lose our life!
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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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Negligence in prayer withers the inner man. Nothing can be a substitute for it, not even Christian work.
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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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I am weak; in Christ, I am strong. Outside of Christ, I cannot; in Christ, I am more than able. Outside of Christ,
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God is not seeking a display of my Christ-likeness , but a manifestation of His Christ.
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I have been defeated; in Christ, I am already victorious. How meaningful are the words, “in Christ.”
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The cross grants us position, the Holy Spirit gives us experience.
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Many are so preoccupied with work that they allow little time for prayer. Hence they cannot cast out demons.
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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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How true it is that without the guidance of the Holy Spirit intellect not only is undependable but also extremely dangerous, because it often confuses the issue of right and wrong.
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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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Our old history ends with the Cross; our new history begins with the resurrection.
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Man’s thought is always of the punishment that will come to him if he sins. But God’s thought is always of the glory man will miss if he sins. God’s purpose for redemption is glory, glory, glory.
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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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