If sin rules in me, God's life in me will be killed; if God rules in me, sin in me will be killed.
If we understood what happens when we use the Word of God, we would use it oftener.
It is not what a man does that is of final importance, but what he is in what he does. The atmosphere produced by a man, much more than his activities, has the lasting influence.
The true expression of Christian character is not in good-doing but in God-likeness.
There is no condition of life in which we cannot abide in Jesus. We have to learn to abide in Him wherever we are placed.
At times God puts us through the discipline of darkness to teach us to heed Him. Song birds are taught to sing in the dark, and we are put into the shadow of God's hand until we learn to hear Him...Watch where God puts you into darkness, and when you are there keep your mouth shut. Are you in the dark just now in your circumstances, or in your life with God? Then remain quiet...When you are in the dark, listen, and God will give you a very precious message for someone else when you get into the light.
The expression of Christian character is not good doing, but God-likeness. If the Spirit of God has transformed you within, you will exhibit Divine characteristics in your life, not good human characteristics . God's life in us expresses itself as God's life, not as human life trying to be godly.
If God has made your cup sweet, drink it with grace; if He has made it bitter, drink it in communion with Him.
If through a broken heart God can bring His purposes to pass in the world, then thank Him for breaking your heart.
Joy is the great note all through the Bible. We have the notion of joy that arises from good spirits or good health, but the miracle of joy of God has nothing to do with a man's life or his circumstances or the condition he is in. Jesus Christ does not come to a man and say, 'Cheer up.' He plants within a man the miracle of the joy of God's own nature.
Never water down the Word of God, but preach it in its undiluted sternness. There must be unflinching faithfulness to the Word of God, but when you come to personal dealings with others, remember who you are- you are not some special being created in heaven, but a sinner saved by grace.
Faith is not intelligent understanding, faith is deliberate commitment to a Person where I see no way.
God places His saints where they will bring the most glory to Him, and we are totally incapable of judging where that may be.
God gives us the vision, then he takes us down to the valley to batter us into the shape of the vision, and it is in the valley that so many of us faint and give way. Every vision will be made real if we will have patience.
Self pity is of the devil, and if I wallow in it, I cannot be used by God for his purpose in the world.
Are you learning to say things after listening to God, or are you saying things and trying to make God's word fit in?
God does not expect us to imitate Jesus Christ; He expects us to allow the life of Jesus to be manifested in our moral flesh.
There is only one relationship that matters, and that is your personal relationship to a personal Redeemer and Lord. Let everything else go, but maintain that at all cost, and God will fulfill His purpose through your life. (This includes meeting the needs of your heart.) One individual life may be of priceless value to God's purposes, and yours may be that life.
We have become so self-centered that we go to God only for something from Him, and not for God Himself.
God is the Great Engineer, creating circumstances to bring about moments in our lives of divine importance, leading us to divine appointments
We are not meant to be seen as God's perfect, bright-shining examples, but to be seen as the everyday essence of ordinary life exhibiting the miracle of His grace.
We think we understand another person's struggle until God reveals the same shortcomings in our lives.
How many people have you made homesick for God?
If ever we are going to be made into wine, we will have to be crushed; you cannot drink grapes. Grapes become wine only when they have been squeezed. I wonder what kind of finger and thumb God has been using to squeeze you, and you have been like a marble and escaped?
The more you fulfill yourself, the less you will seek God.
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