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.
WATCHMAN NEEFormerly 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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An affection which is not inspired by the Lord will soon be transformed into lust.
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May we always be possessed by the consciousness that we are not our own.
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True revelation of the fact of the Spirit’s indwelling will revolutionize the life of any Christian.
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I want nothing for myself; I want everything for the Lord.
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Actually, only God can satisfy a Christian’s heart; man cannot.
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Our rest lies in looking to the Lord, not to ourselves.
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Negligence in prayer withers the inner man. Nothing can be a substitute for it, not even Christian work.
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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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We must not pay attention just to reading and studying; rather, we should ask if we are open before the Lord. If we do not have an unveiled face, the glory of the Lord will not shine on us. If our heart is not open to God, God cannot give us any light.
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I consecrate myself to God to do His will where I am, be it in school, office, or kitchen, or wherever He may, in His wisdom, send me.
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God has supplied all my needs and has not failed me once.
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An unpeaceful mind cannot operate normally.
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With complete consecration comes perfect peace.
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God will answer all our questions in one way and one way only. Namely, by showing us more of his Son.
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Baptism is an outward expression of an inward faith.
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