Beloved, it is not our long prayers but our believing God that gets the answer. John G. Lake More Quotes by John G. Lake More Quotes From John G. Lake When a Christian tries to live by reason he is moving out of God’s country into the enemy’s land. We belong in the miraculous and the supernatural realm. John G. Lake christiancountrymoving When I saw for the first time by the Word of God that sickness was not the Will of God, everything in my nature rose up to defeat the will of the devil. John G. Lake sawsdevilrose The great majority of the Christian world is still weeping at the foot of the cross. The consciousness of man is fixed on the Christ Who died, not the Christ Who LIVES. They are looking back to the Redeemer Who was, not the redeemer who IS. John G. Lake christianfeetmen In those early centuries of Christianity, John G. Lake triumphdevildarkness Jesus did not heal the sick in order to coax them to be Christians. He healed because it was His nature to heal. John G. Lake christianorderjesus Men tell us in these days that sin is what you think it is. Well, it is not. Sin is what God thinks it is. You may think according to your own conscience. God thinks according to His. John G. Lake maymenthinking We cannot exercise our faith beyond what we believe to be possible. John G. Lake faithexercisebelieve In Christ we become God's sons, man's servants and the devil's masters. John G. Lake devilmenson Fear of the devil is nonsense. Fear of demons is foolish. The Spirit of God anointing the Christian heart makes the soul impregnable to the powers of darkness. John G. Lake soulchristianheart Beloved, if any unholiness exists in the nature, it is not there by the consent of the Spirit of God. If unholiness is in your life it is because your soul is giving consent to it, and you are retaining it. Let it go. Cast it out and let God have His way in your life. John G. Lake soulletting-gogiving The secret of Christianity is in being. It is in being a possessor of the nature of Jesus Christ. John G. Lake christianitysecretjesus We are awakening to that marvelous truth, that Christ is not in the heavens only, nor the atmosphere only, but Christ is in you. John G. Lake atmosphereawakeningheaven Healing is not always obtained by saying a prayer. It is obtained by obeying God John G. Lake obeying-godprayerhealing There is a mighty lot of difference between saying prayers and praying. John G. Lake differencesprayingprayer For the sake of a dying, suffering world count the cost, pay the price and set the captives free John G. Lake pay-the-pricedyingsuffering Do you know what prayer is? It is not begging God for this and that. The first thing we have to do is to get you beggars to quit begging until a little faith moves in your souls. John G. Lake soulprayermoving A mans life will be of the character of his thought. His outward life will be as the inner impulse is. John G. Lake impulsecharacter It became easy for me to detach myself from the course of life, so that while my hands and mind were engaged in the common affairs of every day, my spirit maintained its attitude of communion with God. John G. Lake mindattitudehands There is a baptism that belongs to Jesus. It is in His supreme control. No angel or man can bestow it. It comes from Him alone. He it is which baptizeth with the Holy Ghost. So the individual who wants the Holy Spirit must come into definite, conscious contact with Jesus Christ Himself. John G. Lake angelmenjesus The ministry of Christianity is the ministry of the Spirit. It is the Spirit of God that inhabits the words, that speaks to the spirit of another and reveals Christ in and through him. John G. Lake ministryspeakspirit
