Whatever the mind sets itself on is what the man walks after.
WATCHMAN NEEThe 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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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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Our old history ends with the Cross; our new history begins with the resurrection.
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God asks for men who are totally broken and who will follow Him even to death to work for Him.
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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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To remove warfare from a spiritual life is to render it unspiritual.
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To keep our hand on the plow while wiping away our tears — THAT is Christianity!
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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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An affection which is not inspired by the Lord will soon be transformed into lust.
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Formerly I regarded it miserable business to be a Christian, but now I think differently. Once I thought certain things delightful, now I think them vile. Once I thought other things utterly worthless, now I think them most precious. That is a change of mind, and that is repentance.
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Put very simply, Satan’s power in the world is everywhere. Yet wherever men and women walk in the Spirit, sensitive to the anointing they have from God, that power of his just evaporates.
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I have been defeated; in Christ, I am already victorious. How meaningful are the words, “in Christ.”
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Food ought not hinder our fellowship with God since it is to be taken purely to preserve the body in health.
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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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God is not seeking a display of my Christ-likeness , but a manifestation of His Christ.
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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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