Quit playing, start praying. Quit feasting, start fasting. Talk less with men, talk more with God. Listen less to men, listen to the words of God. Skip travel, start travail.

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Entertainment is the devil's substitute for joy. The more joy you have in the Lord the less entertainment you need.

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How can you pull down strongholds of Satan if you don't even have the strength to turn off your TV?

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Why do we expect to be better treated in this world than Jesus was?

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LORD strengthen me where I am too weak and weaken me where I am too strong!

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Are the things you are living for worth Christ dying for?

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The true man of God is heartsick, grieved at the worldliness of the Church, grieved at the toleration of sin in the Church, grieved at the prayerlessness in the Church. He is disturbed that the corporate prayer of the Church no longer pulls down the strongholds of the devil.

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Prayer is not an argument with God to persuade him to move things our way, but an exercise by which we are enabled by his Spirit to move ourselves his way.

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Someone asked me, 'Do you pray for the dead?' I said, 'No, I preach to them! I think every pew in every church is death row. Think about that! They're dead! They sing about God; they talk about God, but they're dead! They have no living relationship (with God).

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If you want to be popular, preach happiness. If you want to be unpopular, preach holiness.

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