Prayer is work. The experiences of many children of God demonstrate that it accomplishes far more than does any other form of work. It is also warfare, for it is one of the weapons in fighting the enemy. However, only prayer in the spirit is genuinely effectual.
WATCHMAN NEEThere 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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Prayer enables us first inwardly to overcome the enemy and then outwardly to deal with him.
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Revelation is the first step to holiness, and consecration is the second. A day must come in our lives, as definite as the day of our conversion, when we give up all right to ourselves and submit to the absolute Lordship of Jesus Christ.
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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.
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The devil abhors light and truth because these remove the ground of his working.
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The life of faith is not only totally different from, but also diametrically opposite to, a life of feeling.
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The book of Acts is the best aid in approaching our work. We do not find there anyone consecrating himself as a preacher nor anyone deciding to do the Lord’s work by making himself a missionary or a pastor. What we do see is the Holy Spirit Himself appointing and sending men out to do the work.
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God is not seeking a display of my Christ-likeness , but a manifestation of His Christ.
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Frequently 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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Outside Christ, I am empty; in Christ, I am full.
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The Christian experience, from start to finish, is a journey of faith.
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Nowadays Christians appear to treat prayer as a means to accomplish their aims and ideas. If they possessed just a little deeper understanding, they would recognize that prayer is but man uttering to God what is God’s will.
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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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At times it seems we require more grace to lose our wealth than to lose our life!
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A born-again person ought to possess unspeakable peace in the spirit.
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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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