The devil abhors light and truth because these remove the ground of his working.
WATCHMAN NEEFrequently the enemy entices Christians to harbor an unforgiving spirit – a very common symptom indeed among God’s children. Such bitterness and fault-finding and enmity inflict a severe blow upon spiritual life.
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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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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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I have received new life; because the Lord Jesus has been exalted to the right hand of the Father, I have received the outpoured Spirit. All is because of Him; nothing is because of me.
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Our rest lies in looking to the Lord, not to ourselves.
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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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Lord, I am willing to break my heart in order that I may satisfy Thy heart!
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I want nothing for myself; I want everything for the Lord.
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God will answer all our questions in one way and one way only. Namely, by showing us more of his Son.
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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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Our prayers lay the track down which Gods power can come. Like a mighty locomotive, his power is irresistible, but it cannot reach us without rails.
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Good is not always God’s will, but God’s will is always good.
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Why do so many Christians pray such tiny prayers when their God is so big?
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Not by gain our life is measured, But by what we’ve lost ‘Tis scored; ‘Tis not how much wine is drunken But how much has been outpoured. For the strength of love never standeth In the sacrifice we bear; He who has the greatest suffering Ever has the most to share.
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Everyone could smell it. Whenever you meet someone who has really suffered; been limited, gone through things for the Lord, willing to be imprisoned by the Lord.
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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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