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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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Our old history ends with the Cross; our new history begins with the resurrection.
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Begin Cross End History Our Resurrection
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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Burden Conflict Fill Heartbreak Life Punctuate Spirit Suffer Trail Watch Way Weariness
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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Accomplish Aim Appeal Christian Emna Idea Nowadays Prayer Treat
Spiritual advancement is measured by faithful obedience.
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Advancement Faithful Measure Obedience Spiritual
With complete consecration comes perfect peace.
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Come Complete Consecration Peace Perfect With
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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Before First God Have I Must Possession Presence Sense
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
I need forgiveness for my sins, but I need also deliverance from the power of sin… I appreciate the blessed fact of God’s forgiveness, but I want something more than that: I want deliverance. I need forgiveness for what I have done, but I need also deliverance from what I am.
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Also Deriveance Forgiveness My Need Neef Power Sin
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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Act Approach Bets Book Our Work
Actually, only God can satisfy a Christian’s heart; man cannot.
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Actually Can Christian God Heart Man Not Only Satigy
If we just had more revelation of what we already have, there would be far less prayers and far more praise.
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Already Far Have Just Less More One Praise Prayer Revelation
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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Attractive Change Different Formerly Mean Pleasant Repentance Thing Thought
If Christ lives in us, we will rejoice in everything, and we will thank and praise the Lord. We will say, ‘Hallelujah! Praise the Lord’ forever.
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Christ Everything Forever Hallelujah In Live Lord Prose Rejoice Say Us We Will
Prayer is the acid test of the inner man’s strength. A strong spirit is capable of praying much and praying with all perseverance until the answer comes. A weak one grows weary and fainthearted in the maintenance of praying.
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Acid An Inner Lost Prayer Strength
The Lord has shown me that I can do anything, but that He has said, apart from Me ye can do nothing. So it comes to this, that everything I have done, and can still do apart from Him is nothing!
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Anything Apart Can Do Everything Lord Me Nothing Shown So Ye
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
God has always one sufficient answer, His Son Jesus Christ, and he is the answer to every need.
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Always Answer Christ Every God Jesus Need One Son Sufficient
The right attitude is this: that I have my own will, yet I will the will of God.
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Attitude God Have Own Right Will
To remove warfare from a spiritual life is to render it unspiritual.
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Life Remove Render Spiritual Unspiritual Warfare
Oh, Lord, you have indeed been gracious to me.
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Been Gracious Indeed Lord Me
We consider strong emotion or outward conduct as life. In reality, though, these are not life. We ought to realize that only the Lord is life. Christ is our life. And it is the Lord who lives out this life in us.
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Christ Conduct Consider Emotion Life Live Lord Out Outward Reality Realize Strong Us
Outside Christ, I am empty; in Christ, I am full.
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Christ Empty Full I Am Outside
The cross grants us position, the Holy Spirit gives us experience.
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Cross Experience Give Grant Holy Position Spirit
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
The devil abhors light and truth because these remove the ground of his working.
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Abhor Because Devil Ground Light Remove Truth Work
Whatever the mind sets itself on is what the man walks after.
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After Itself Man Mind Set Walk Whatever
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

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