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The main idea in the region of religion is' Your eyes upon God, not on men. Do not have as your motive the desire to be known as a praying man. Get an inner chamber in which to pray where no one knows you are praying, sh…
"Though He slay me, yet will I trust Him"—this is the most sublime utterance of faith in the whole of the Bible.
We act like pagans in a crisis - only one out of an entire crowd is daring enough to invest his faith in the character of God.
God always ignores your present level of completeness in favor of your ultimate future completeness. He is not concerned about making you blessed and happy right now, but He's continually working out His ultimate perfect…
The real test of the saint is not preaching the gospel, but washing disciples'feet, that is, doing the things that do not count in the actual estimate of men but count everything in the estimate of God.
God's mark of approval, whenever you obey Him, is peace. He sends an immeasurable, deep peace; not a natural peace, 'as the world gives,'but the peace of Jesus. Whenever peace does not come, wait until it does, or seek t…
Have you been bolstering up that stupid soul of yours with the idea that your circumstances are too much for God? Put all 'supposing'on one side and dwell in the shadow of the Almighty. Deliberately tell God that you wil…
There are times when it seems as if God watches to see if we will give Him even small gifts of surrender, just to show how genuine our love is for Him. To be surrendered to God is of more value than our personal holiness…
The inescapable spiritual need each of us has is the need to sign the death certificate of our sin nature. I must take my emotional opinions and intellectual beliefs and be willing to turn them into a moral verdict again…
Never disregard a conviction that the Holy Spirit brings to you. If it is important enough for the Spirit of God to bring it to your mind, it is the very thing He is detecting in you. You were looking for some big thing…
It is not so true that 'prayer changes things'as that prayer changes me and I change things.
Paul says he is overruled, overmastered, held as in a vice, by the love of Christ. Very few of us know what it means to be held in a grip by the love of God; we are held by the constraint of our experience only. The one…
If human love does not carry a man beyond himself, it is not love. If love is always discreet, always wise, always sensible and calculating, never carried beyond itself, it is not love at all. It may be affection, it may…
say that 'prayer changes things'is not as close to the truth as saying, 'Prayer changes me and then I change things.' God has established things so that prayer, on the basis of redemption, changes the way a person looks…
He who believes in Me . . . out of his heart will flow . . . —John 7:38
Jesus did not say, "He who believes in Me will realize all the blessings of the fullness of God," but, in essence, "He who believes in Me will have…
Watch for the storms of God. The only way God plants His saints is through the whirlwind of His storms. Will you be proven to be an empty pod with no seed inside? That will depend on whether or not you are actually livin…
You have inherited the Divine nature, says Peter, now screw your attention down and form habits, give diligence, concentrate. "Add" means all that character means. No man is born either naturally or supernaturally with c…
Are you seeking great things for yourself, instead of seeking to be a great person? God wants you to be in a much closer relationship with Himself than simply receiving His gifts' He wants you to get to know Him. Even so…
people begin coming to God once they stop being religious, because there is only one master of the human heart' Jesus Christ, not religion. But 'Woe is me'if after seeing Him I still will not obey (Isaiah 6:5, also see v…
These words are not an exaggeration. The reason they are not true of us who call ourselves ministers of the gospel is not that Paul forgot the exact truth in using them, but that we have too many discreet affinities to a…
warning which needs to be repeated is that 'the cares of this world and the deceitfulness of riches,'and the lust for other things, will choke out the life of God in us (Matthew 13:22).
When God gets us alone through suffering, heartbreak, temptation, disappointment, sickness, or by thwarted desires, a broken friendship, or a new friendship'when He gets us absolutely alone, and we are totally speechless…
In Him we have . . . the forgiveness of sins . . . —Ephesians 1:7
Beware of the pleasant view of the fatherhood of God: God is so kind and loving that of course He will forgive us. That thought, based solely on emotion,…
Never become attached to anything that continues to hurt God. For you to be free of it, God must be allowed to hurt whatever it may be.
It is possible to know all about doctrine and yet not know Jesus. The soul is in danger when knowledge of doctrine outsteps intimate touch with Jesus. .... Have I a personal history with Jesus Christ? The one sign of dis…
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The main idea in the region of religion is' Your eyes upon God, not on men. Do not have as your motive the desire to be known as a praying man. Get an inner chamber in which to pray where no one knows you are praying, sh…
"Though He slay me, yet will I trust Him"—this is the most sublime utterance of faith in the whole of the Bible.
We act like pagans in a crisis - only one out of an entire crowd is daring enough to invest his faith in the character of God.
God always ignores your present level of completeness in favor of your ultimate future completeness. He is not concerned about making you blessed and happy right now, but He's continually working out His ultimate perfect…
The real test of the saint is not preaching the gospel, but washing disciples'feet, that is, doing the things that do not count in the actual estimate of men but count everything in the estimate of God.
God's mark of approval, whenever you obey Him, is peace. He sends an immeasurable, deep peace; not a natural peace, 'as the world gives,'but the peace of Jesus. Whenever peace does not come, wait until it does, or seek t…
Have you been bolstering up that stupid soul of yours with the idea that your circumstances are too much for God? Put all 'supposing'on one side and dwell in the shadow of the Almighty. Deliberately tell God that you wil…
There are times when it seems as if God watches to see if we will give Him even small gifts of surrender, just to show how genuine our love is for Him. To be surrendered to God is of more value than our personal holiness…
The inescapable spiritual need each of us has is the need to sign the death certificate of our sin nature. I must take my emotional opinions and intellectual beliefs and be willing to turn them into a moral verdict again…
Never disregard a conviction that the Holy Spirit brings to you. If it is important enough for the Spirit of God to bring it to your mind, it is the very thing He is detecting in you. You were looking for some big thing…
It is not so true that 'prayer changes things'as that prayer changes me and I change things.
Paul says he is overruled, overmastered, held as in a vice, by the love of Christ. Very few of us know what it means to be held in a grip by the love of God; we are held by the constraint of our experience only. The one…
If human love does not carry a man beyond himself, it is not love. If love is always discreet, always wise, always sensible and calculating, never carried beyond itself, it is not love at all. It may be affection, it may…
say that 'prayer changes things'is not as close to the truth as saying, 'Prayer changes me and then I change things.' God has established things so that prayer, on the basis of redemption, changes the way a person looks…
He who believes in Me . . . out of his heart will flow . . . —John 7:38
Jesus did not say, "He who believes in Me will realize all the blessings of the fullness of God," but, in essence, "He who believes in Me will have…
Watch for the storms of God. The only way God plants His saints is through the whirlwind of His storms. Will you be proven to be an empty pod with no seed inside? That will depend on whether or not you are actually livin…
You have inherited the Divine nature, says Peter, now screw your attention down and form habits, give diligence, concentrate. "Add" means all that character means. No man is born either naturally or supernaturally with c…
Are you seeking great things for yourself, instead of seeking to be a great person? God wants you to be in a much closer relationship with Himself than simply receiving His gifts' He wants you to get to know Him. Even so…
people begin coming to God once they stop being religious, because there is only one master of the human heart' Jesus Christ, not religion. But 'Woe is me'if after seeing Him I still will not obey (Isaiah 6:5, also see v…
These words are not an exaggeration. The reason they are not true of us who call ourselves ministers of the gospel is not that Paul forgot the exact truth in using them, but that we have too many discreet affinities to a…
warning which needs to be repeated is that 'the cares of this world and the deceitfulness of riches,'and the lust for other things, will choke out the life of God in us (Matthew 13:22).
When God gets us alone through suffering, heartbreak, temptation, disappointment, sickness, or by thwarted desires, a broken friendship, or a new friendship'when He gets us absolutely alone, and we are totally speechless…
In Him we have . . . the forgiveness of sins . . . —Ephesians 1:7
Beware of the pleasant view of the fatherhood of God: God is so kind and loving that of course He will forgive us. That thought, based solely on emotion,…
Never become attached to anything that continues to hurt God. For you to be free of it, God must be allowed to hurt whatever it may be.
It is possible to know all about doctrine and yet not know Jesus. The soul is in danger when knowledge of doctrine outsteps intimate touch with Jesus. .... Have I a personal history with Jesus Christ? The one sign of dis…