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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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Our old history ends with the Cross; our new history begins with the resurrection.
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Begin Cross End History Our Resurrection
A Christian life is an unending engagement on the battlefield.
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By Christian Drunker How Life Lost Measure Much Outpour Score Tis What
Lord, I am willing to break my heart in order that I may satisfy Thy heart!
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Break Heart Lord Order Satisfy Try Willing
Just being satisfied with Him and nothing else, immediately you scent the fragrance. There is a savor of the Lord. Something has been crushed, something has been broken, and there is a resulting odor of sweetness.
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Crush Immediately Nothing Odor Result Satisfy Savor Scent Something Sweetness
Not until we take the place of a servant can He take His place as Lord.
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Lord Not Place Servant Take Until
Natural strength is what we receive from the hand of God as Creator. Spiritual strength is what we receive from God in grace.
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Creator God Hand Natural Recieve Strength
To keep our hand on the plow while wiping away our tears — THAT is Christianity!
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Away Christianity Hanf Keep Our Plow Tera That Wipe
Our rest lies in looking to the Lord, not to ourselves.
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Lie Look Lord Our Ourselves Rest To
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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Christ Christian exchange God Like Offer Substitute Think
We must not pay attention just to reading and studying; rather, we should ask if we are open before the Lord. If we do not have an unveiled face, the glory of the Lord will not shine on us. If our heart is not open to God, God cannot give us any light.
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Attention Before Lord Must Open Pay Rather Read Should Study
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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Can Come Down God Irresistible Like Locomotive Our Power Prayer Rail Track
I have been defeated; in Christ, I am already victorious. How meaningful are the words, “in Christ.”
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Already Been Christ Defeat Meaningful Victorious Word
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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Always Come Glory God Man Punishment Purpose Sin Thought
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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Arrangement Circumstance Discipline God Holy Important Recieve Spirit
They must exercise faith in believing God’s estimation of their natural life and must wait patiently for the Holy Spirit to reveal in them what the Bible says of them. Only in this manner will they be led in the way of deliverance.
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Bible Deliverainace Excercise Faith Holy Manner Reveal Spirit Way
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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Attitude Believer Connect Evoke Importance Often Pride Satan Self Spirit

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