Now the things done may not be evil or improper; they in fact may be good and godly (such as reading the Bible, praying, worshiping, preaching); but if they are not undertaken in a spirit of complete reliance upon the Holy Spirit, then the flesh is the source of all. The old creation is willing to do anything-even to submit to God - if only it is permitted to live and to be active.
Watchman NeeThey spend more time in analyzing, in collecting materials, and in hard thinking than on prayer, on seeking God's mind, and on waiting for the power from above.
Watchman NeeBy the time the average Christian gets his temperature up to normal, everybody thinks he has a fever!
Watchman NeeHenceforth we are dead to everything pertaining to ourselves and alive to His Spirit alone. This requires our exercising faith.
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