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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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Our bread is not only the Word of God, our meat is not only to do His will, our bread is also...the difficulties that are in our way.

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People who are lazy, careless, doubtful-minded or arrogant need not expect God to reveal His secret or covenant to them.

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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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Because the Lord Jesus died on the Cross, I have received forgiveness of sins; because the Lord Jesus rose from the dead, I have received new life; because the Lord Jesus has been exalted to the right hand of the Father, I have received the outpoured Spirit. All is because of Him; nothing is because of me.

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Mere mental assimilation of these truths cannot withstand temptation, however. The revelation of God is positively essential. The Spirit of God must reveal how we are in Christ and how we are united with Him in one.

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Knowing the truth concerning the deep workings of the evil spirit helps the individual not only to overcome sins but to eliminate unnecessary afflictions as well.

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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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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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May we always be possessed by the consciousness that we are not our own.

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We may infer from any defeat of ours that it is due either to lack of faith or failure to obey. No other reason can suffice.

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The cares of this life emerge as very small items indeed along our daily path.

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Fellowship means among other things that we are ready to receive of Christ from others. Other believers minister Christ to me, and I am ready to receive.

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The particular sin of omission which gives ground to the evil spirits is the believer's passivity.

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And it is through conflict that God induces the believer to seek and to grasp total triumph in Christ.

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The child of God should not be overanxious to make new gains; what he essentially requires is to keep what he already has, for not losing is itself a gain. The way to retain what he possesses is to engage it.

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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 nothing. The flesh can conjure up many plans and methods and be full of expectations. The righteousness of the flesh is as abhorrent as its sin we must always maintain God's view of the flesh.

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A Christian life is an unending engagement on the battlefield.

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The cross grants us position, the Holy Spirit gives us experience.

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On at least four separate occasions and recorded in the four Gospels the Lord Jesus called His disciples to deny their soul life, deliver it to death, and then to follow Him.

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Do not be taken in or flattered by your own success or fame. Take not only as to whether or not the old creation, including everything which comes by birth, has gone through the cross.

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A drowning man cannot be saved until he is utterly exhausted and ceases to make the slightest effort to save himself.

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Not until we take the place of a servant can He take His place as Lord.

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Revelation is the first step to holiness, and consecration is the second. A day must come in our lives, as definite as the day of our conversion, when we give up all right to ourselves and submit to the absolute Lordship of Jesus Christ.

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Genuine spiritual knowledge lies not in wonderful and mysterious thoughts but in actual spiritual experience through union of the believer's life with truth.

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