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“Therefore, our need for prayer is a result of the way God arranged dominion and authority for the earth. God made the world. Then He made men and women and gave them dominion over all the works of His hands. Man was created to be the “god” of this world. He was given full authority in the earth realm, and God will not supercede that authority. This means that when God said, “Let them rule…over all the earth,” He was ordering the dominion of the world in such a way as to make the rule of humans essential for the accomplishment of His purposes. He causes things to happen on earth when men and women are in agreement with His will. Prayer, therefore, is essential for God’s will to be done in the earth.”
― Understanding The Purpose And Power Of Prayer
― Understanding The Purpose And Power Of Prayer
“As your level of micronutrients increases—by consuming greater amounts of high-nutrient foods—your appetite will naturally decrease. The result is that you will become healthier and will look and feel young well into your later years.”
― Eat For Health
― Eat For Health
“In the Church, however, true ordination does not precede ministry; it follows it. Only after obviously functioning in certain areas of spiritual influence and ministry, by the enablement of the Holy Spirit, is a person truly ordained by God to do the work of a ministry. A man is not ordained by man so that he can function. Instead, he is recognized by man because he has already been spiritually ordained by God, and has already been functioning in the ministry that God has given to him!”
― The Making of a Leader
― The Making of a Leader
“Prayer for revival will prevail when it is accompanied by radical amendment of life; not before. All-night prayer meetings that are not preceded by practical repentance may actually be displeasing to God. "To obey is better than sacrifice." We must return to New Testament Christianity, not in creed only but in complete manner of life as well. Separation, obedience, humility, simplicity, gravity, self-control, modesty, cross-bearing: these all must again be made a living part of the total Christian concept and be carried out in everyday conduct. We”
― Keys to the Deeper Life
― Keys to the Deeper Life
“Attempting to follow Him without denying the self is the root of all failures.”
― The Spiritual Man
― The Spiritual Man
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