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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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Spiritual advancement is measured by faithful obedience.
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Advancement Faithful Measure Obedience Spiritual
An affection which is not inspired by the Lord will soon be transformed into lust.
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Any Effection Inspire Into Lord Lust Soon Transform
To bear the cross means that you refrain from doing what you have the power to do. You are qualified to fulfill your desire, yet you refrain from doing so.
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God will not give me humility, or patience, or holiness, or love as separate investments of His grace. He has given only one gift to meet our need, His Son Christ Jesus.
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Christ Gid Gift Give Grace His Holiness Humanity Investment Jesus Love Meet Not Patience Separate Son Will
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
By the time the average Christian gets his temperature up to normal, everybody thinks he has a fever!
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Average By Christian Everybody Fever Get Normal Temperature The Think Time
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
If you would test the character of anything, you only need to enquire whether that thing leads you to God or away from God.
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Always Anything Character Enquire God Good Lead Test Thing Would
With fear and trembling we must rely upon God for guidance in the inner depths. This is the sole way to walk according to the spirit.
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Depth God Guidance Inner Must Prayer Rely Trembling Upon With
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.
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Accomplish Any Children Demonstrate Expression Form God More Other Prayer Work
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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Been Come Course End Life More Nothing Tragic Wrong
To remove warfare from a spiritual life is to render it unspiritual.
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Life Remove Render Spiritual Unspiritual Warfare
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
Good is not always God’s will, but God’s will is always good.
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Always God Good Will
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
The cross grants us position, the Holy Spirit gives us experience.
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Cross Experience Give Grant Holy Position Spirit

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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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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