The right attitude is this: that I have my own will, yet I will the will of God.
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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Baptism is an outward expression of an inward faith.
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Not until we take the place of a servant can He take His place as Lord.
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To remove warfare from a spiritual life is to render it unspiritual.
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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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Separation to God, separation from the world, is the first principle of Christian living.
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Christians ought to eliminate their folly. They ought to adopt God’s view of the absolute impossibility for their natural walk to please Him. They must dare to allow the Holy Spirit to point out to them every corruption of the soul life.
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The greatest negative in the universe is the Cross, for with it God wiped out everything that was not of Himself: the greatest positive in the universe is the resurrection, for through it God brought into being all.
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To keep our hand on the plow while wiping away our tears — THAT is Christianity!
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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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The Christian life from start to finish is based upon this principle of utter dependence upon the Lord Jesus.
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God not only wants to break the outer man…He wants our spirit and our soul…our inner man and outer man to be separated from each other.
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Repentance means a change of mind. Formerly, I thought sin as a pleasant thing, but now I have changed my mind about it. Formerly, I thought the world an attractive place, but now I know better.
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God is not seeking a display of my Christ-likeness , but a manifestation of His Christ.
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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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I do not consecrate myself to be a missionary or a preacher.
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