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The 'flesh' is too bad to be cleansed; it must be crucified.
The breaking of the alabaster box and the anointing of the Lord filled the house with the odor, with the sweetest odor. Everyone could smell it. Whenever you meet someone who has really suffered; been limited, gone through things for the Lord, willing to be imprisoned by the Lord, just being satisfied with Him and nothing else, immediately you scent the fragrance. There is a savor of the Lord. Something has been crushed, something has been broken, and there is a resulting odor of sweetness.
If you would test the character of anything, you only need to enquire whether that thing leads you to God or away from God.
How true it is that without the guidance of the Holy Spirit intellect not only is undependable but also extremely dangerous, because it often confuses the issue of right and wrong.
I do not consecrate myself to be a missionary or a preacher. I consecrate myself to God to do His will where I am, be it in school, office, or kitchen, or wherever He may, in His wisdom, send me.
We must have a spirit of power towards the enemy, a spirit of love towards men, and a spirit of self-control towards ourselves.
Good is not always God's will, but God's will is always good.
God asks for men who are totally broken and who will follow Him even to death to work for Him.
The Christian life from start to finish is based upon this principle of utter dependence upon the Lord Jesus.
A Christian life is an unending engagement on the battlefield.