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Therefore, brethren, pray until God gives us revelation so that "knowing this" in our spirit we may truly confess "that our old…

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If you perform your part, God will fulfill His. And once you put off specifically, you should just as thoroughly believe that…

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“That which they have need of . . . let it be given them day by day without fail. Ezra 6:9 If…

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With fear and trembling we must rely upon God for guidance in the inner depths. This is the sole way to walk…

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When the fruit of your service is out of all proportion to the gifts you possess, THAT is Blessing!

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If the mind is open the individual will soon perceive the preciousness of a truth which initially appeared rather dull to him…

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The idea of waste only comes into our Christianity when we underestimate the worth of our Lord.

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“Only those who are subject to authority can be authority.”

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Henceforth we are dead to everything pertaining to ourselves and alive to His Spirit alone. This requires our exercising faith.

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Victory is the normal experience of a Christian; defeat should be the abnormal experience.

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God is not seeking a display of my Christ-likeness , but a manifestation of His Christ.

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Only those who are spiritual perceive the reality of the spiritual foe and hence engage in battle. Such warfare is not fought…

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It does not matter what your personal deficiency, or whether it be a hundred and one different things, God has always one…

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Never adopt an attitude of indifference, for if you do you will suffer for it. The weight will grow heavier and heavier.

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None who are shod with fleshly shoes can stand on the holy ground of God's service. Many failures and much waste and…

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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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Natural strength is what we receive from the hand of God as Creator. Spiritual strength is what we receive from God in…

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Our prayers lay the track down which God's power can come.

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The attitude of saints toward their possessions most assuredly signifies whether they continue to preserve their self life or whether they have…

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Every true work is not done to the poor. Every true work is done to Me.

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Death of the spirit is the cessation of its communication with God. Death of the body is the cutting off of communication…

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We may love to say many things, but if these are not uttered in the Holy Spirit it is better to say…

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So we can say, reverently, that God never gave us the Law to keep: he gave us the Law to break! He…

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Many confuse understanding with believing.

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The sight of any trouble strikes terror into the heart of those who do not have faith, but those who trust Him…

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