If He put tribulation before you and said He will give you patience by giving you a little trouble along the way, wouldn't you take a little trouble? You say, 'Lord, I want all my highways paved.' the Lord says, 'I'm sorry, I can't accommodate you. I'm going to let you run over some bumps occasionally, so you will have patience.' You do not like the bumps, but you like the patience, and if you want the patience, you will have to take the bumps. And what is patience but experience?

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To be entirely safe from the devil's snares the man of God must be completely obedient to the Word of the Lord. The driver on the highway is safe, not when he reads the signs but when he obeys them.

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Whenever God begins something, we have the assurance that He will finish it. Nothing will stand in the way of Him accomplishing His purpose in this world and in our lives. What God starts, He finishes, and nobody can hinder Him. Sure, delays will happen. Just remember, God is in charge of the delays as well as the progress.

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A whole new generation of Christians has come up believing that it is possible to 'accept' Christ without forsaking the world.

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Jesus Christ knows the worst about you. Nonetheless, He is the one who loves you the most.

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The purpose of good works isn't to change us or save us; rather, it's the demonstration of the change within us.

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In every Christian's Heart, there is a cross and a throne, and the Christian is on the throne till he puts himself on the cross; if he refuses the cross, he remains on the throne. Perhaps this is at the bottom of the backsliding and worldliness among Gospel believers today. We want to be saved, but we insist that Christ do all the dying. No cross for us, no dethronement, no dying. We remain king within the little kingdom of man's soul and wear our tinsel crown with all the pride of a caesar; but we doom ourselves to shadows and weakness and spiritual sterility.

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Worshipers never leave church...we carry our sanctuary with us wherever we go.

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God's Word is true whether we believe it or not. Human unbelief cannot alter the character of God.

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We should discipline ourselves to read the Word until it comes alive...until we can almost feel the breath of God.

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The devil loves it when we say we believe then prioritize everything in our lives ahead of God.

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Anything God has ever done, he can do now. Anything God has ever done anywhere, he can do here. Anything God has ever done for anyone, he can do for you.

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The glory of God always comes at the sacrifice of self.

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God wants us to know that when we have Him, we have everything.

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Let a man set his heart only on doing the will of God and he is instantly free. If we understand our first and sole duty to consist of loving God supremely and loving everyone, even our enemies, for God's dear sake, then we can enjoy spiritual tranquility under every circumstance.

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The victorious Christian neither exalts nor downgrades himself. His interests have shifted from self to Christ. What he is or is not no longer concerns him. He believes that he has been crucified with Christ and he is not willing either to praise or deprecate such a man.

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Faith is not a conclusion you reach...it's a journey you live.

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The Christian woman should remember that she cannot buy true attractiveness; that radiance which really shines forth in beauty is of the heart and spirit and not of the body.

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Show me the condition of your Bible and I will accurately gauge the condition of your soul.

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Outside of the will of god, there is nothing I want. And in the will of god there is nothing I fear.

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The true Christian ideal is not to be happy but to be holy.

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