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If You Are Going To Be Used By God, He Will Take You Through A Number Of Experiences That Are Not Meant For You Personally At All. They Are Designed To Make You Useful In His Hands, And To Enable You To Understand What Takes Place In The Lives Of Others.
-Oswald Chambers
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If You Are Going To Be Used By God, He Will Take You Through A Number Of Experiences That Are Not Meant For You Personally At All. They Are Designed To Make You Useful In His Hands, And To Enable You To Understand What Takes Place In The Lives Of Others.
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Grace Is The Overflowing Favor Of God, And You Can Always Count On It Being Available To Draw Upon As Needed.
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So Long As There Is A Human Being Who Does Not Know Jesus Christ, I Am His Debtor To Serve Him Until He Does.
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Jesus Christ Reveals, Not An Embarrassed God, Not A Confused God, Not A God Who Stands Apart From The Problems, But One Who Stands In The Thick Of The Whole Thing With Man.
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What Hinders Me From Hearing Is That I Am Taken Up With Other Things. It Is Not That I Will Not Hear God, But I Am Not Devoted In The Right Place. I Am Devoted To Things, To Service, To Convictions, And God May Say What He Likes But I Do Not Hear Him.
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Live In A Constant State Of Expectancy, And Leave Room For God To Come In As He Decides.
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If We Have Never Had The Experience Of Taking Our Commonplace Religious Shoes Off Our Commonplace Religious Feet, And Getting Rid Of All The Undue Familiarity With Which We Approach God, It Is Questionable Whether We Have Ever Stood In His Presence.
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No Love Of The Natural Heart Is Safe Unless The Human Heart Has Been Satisfied By God First
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If We Rely On The Holy Spirit, We Shall Find That Our Prayers Become More And More Inarticulate; And When They Are Inarticulate, Reverence Grows Deeper And Deeper.
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It Is Possible To Know All About Doctrine And Yet Not Know Jesus. The Soul Is In Danger When Knowledge Of Doctrine Outsteps Intimate Touch With Jesus. ....have I A Personal History With Jesus Christ? The One Sign Of Discipleship Is Intimate Connection With Him, A Knowledge Of Jesus Christ Nothing Can Shake.
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To Wait Is Not To Sit With Folded Hands, But To Learn To Do What We Are Told.
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Beware Of Bartering The Word Of God For A More Suitable Conception Of Your Own.
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Worshipping God Is The Great Essential Of Fitness. If You Have Not Been Worshipping...when You Get To Work You Will Not Only Be Useless Yourself, But A Tremendous Hindrance To Those Who Are Associated With You.
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The Degree Of Panic Activity In My Life Is Equal To The Degree Of My Lack Of Personal Spiritual Experience.
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God Rarely Allows A Person To See How Great A Blessing He Is To Others.
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I Am Called To Live In Such A Perfect Relationship With God That My Life Produces A Yearning For God In The Lives Of Others, Not Admiration For Myself. Thoughts About Myself Hinder My Usefulness To God. God’s Purpose Is Not To Perfect Me To Make Me A Trophy In His Showcase; He Is Getting Me To The Place Where He Can Use Me. Let Him Do What He Wants.
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Purpose
Use
Theology Must Work Itself Out In The Most Practical Relationships.
Theology
Practicals
A Practical Help In Keeping Your Personal Purity Unblemished In Your Relations With Other People Is To Begin To See Them As God Does. Say To Yourself, “that Man Or That Woman Is Perfect In Christ Jesus! That Friend Or That Relative Is Perfect In Christ Jesus!
Jesus
Men
People
The Soul Is In Danger When Knowledge Of Doctrine Outsteps Intimate Touch With Jesus.
Jesus
Soul
Doctrine
The Agony Of A Man's Affliction Is Often Necessary To Put Him Into The Right Mood To Face The Fundamental Things Of Life. The Psalmist Says: "before I Was Afflicted I Went Astray, But Now Have I Kept Thy Word.
Men
Agony
Affliction
We Are In Danger Of Being Stern Where God Is Tender, And Of Being Tender Where God Is Stern.
Danger
The Only Way We Can Be Of Use To God Is To Let Him Take Us Through The Crooks And Crannies Of Our Own Characters.
Character
Crooks
Use
One Of The Most Difficult Questions To Answer In Christian Work Is, 'what Do You Expect To Do?' You Don't Know What You Are Going To Do. The Only Thing You Know Is That God Knows What He Is Doing.......hav E You Been Asking What God Is Going To Do? He Will Never Tell You. God Does Not Tell You What He Is Going To Do. He Reveals To You Who He Is.
Christian
Difficult Questions
Doe
The Whole Point Of Getting Things Done Is Knowing What To Leave Undone.
Inspirational
Life
Business
The Greatest Test Of Christianity Is The Wear And Tear Of Daily Life; It Is Like The Shining Of Silver: The More It Is Rubbed The Brighter It Grows.
Shining
Tears
Tests
When It Is A Question Of God's Almighty Spirit, Never Say, 'i Can't.'
God
Spirit
Almighty
Our Lord Did Not Say It Was Wrong To Pray In The Corners Of The Street, But He Did Say It Was Wrong To Have The Motive To "be Seen Of Men".
Men
Praying
Lord
If A Crisis Has Come To You On Any Front, Surrender Your Will To Jesus Absolutely And Irrevocably.
Jesus
Surrender
Crisis
If We Simply Preach The Effects Of Redemption In The Human Life Instead Of The Revealed, Divine Truth Regarding Jesus Himself, The Result Is Not New Birth In Those Who Listen. The Result Is {only} A Refined Religious Lifestyle . . . We Must Make Sure That We Are Living In Such Harmony With God That As We Proclaim His Truth He Can Create In Others Those Things Which He Alone Can Do.
Religious
Jesus
Redemption
Our Lord Was 30 Years Preparing For 3 Years Of Service. The Modern Stamp Is To Spend 3 Hours Preparing For 30 Years Of Service.
Years
Hours
Modern
By Realizing The Reality Of Our Prince Within Us, We Are Never Bothered Again By The Fact That We Do Not Understand Ourselves, Or That Other People Do Not Understand Us. The Only One Who Truly Understands Me Is The One Who Made Me And Who Redeems Me... It Is A Tremendous Freedom To Get Rid Of Every Kind Of Self-consideration And Learn To Care About Only One Thing - The Relationship Between Our Prince And Ourselves.
Reality
Self
People
We Impoverish God In Our Minds When We Say There Must Be Answers To Our Prayers On The Material Plane; The Biggest Answers To Our Prayers Are In The Realm Of The Unseen.
God
Faith
Prayer
God's Silences Are His Answers. If We Only Take As Answers Those That Are Visible To Our Senses, We Are In A Very Elementary Condition Of Grace.
Prayer
Silence
Grace
Confidence In The Natural World Is Self-reliance; In The Spiritual World, It Is God-reliance.
Christian
Spiritual
Self
The Author Who Benefits You Most Is Not The One Who Tells You Something You Did Not Know Before, But The One Who Gives Expression To The Truth That Has Been Dumbly Struggling In You For Utterance.
Struggle
Expression
Giving
What Is The Sign Of A Friend? Is It That He Tells You His Secret Sorrows? No, It Is That He Tells You His Secret Joys. Many People Will Confide Their Secret Sorrows To You, But The Final Mark Of Intimacy Is When They Share Their Secret Joys With You.
People
Joy
Sorrow
Realize That The Lord Is Here Now, And The Freedom You Receive Is Immediate.
Realizing
Lord
The One Thing For Which We Are All Being Disciplined Is To Know That God Is Real. As Soon As God Becomes Real, Other People Become Shadows. Nothing That Other Saints Do Or Say Can Ever Perturb The One Who Is Built On God.
Real
People
Shadow
A Private Relationship Of Worshiping God Is The Greatest Essential Element Of Spiritual Fitness.
Spiritual
Essentials
Elements
True Intercession Involves Bringing The Person, Or The Circumstance That Seems To Be Crashing In On You, Before God, Until You Are Changed By His Attitude Toward That Person Or Circumstance. People Describe Intercession By Saying, "it Is Putting Yourself In Someone Else’s Place." That Is Not True! Intercession Is Putting Yourself In God’s Place; It Is Having His Mind And His Perspective.
Attitude
People
Perspective
Watch Human Nature; We Are So Built That If We Do Not Get Thrilled In The Right Way, We Will Get Thrilled In The Wrong. If We Are Without The Thrill Of Communion With God, We Will Try To Get Thrilled By The Devil, Or By Some Concoction Of Human Ingenuity.
Trying
Devil
Watches
We Are In Danger Of Forgetting That We Cannot Do What God Does, And That God Will Not Do What We Can Do.
Doe
Forget
Christianity
Some Of Us Are Like The Dead Sea, Always Taking In But Never Giving Out, Because We Are Not Rightly Related To The Lord Jesus.
Jesus
Sea
Giving
For Understanding In Spiritual Matters, The Golden Rule Is Not Intellect But Obedience.
Spiritual
Understanding
Matter
Our Lord’s Teaching Is Always Anti-self-realization. His Purpose Is Not The Development Of A Man; His Purpose Is To Make A Man Exactly Like Himself, And The Characteristic Of The Son Of God Is Self-expenditure.
Teaching
Son
Men
You Say, "but He Has Not Answered." He Has, He Is So Near To You That His Silence Is The Answer. His Silence Is Big With Terrific Meaning That You Cannot Understand Yet, But Presently You Will.
Prayer
Silence
Answers
A Sentimentalist Is One Who Delights To Have High And Devout Emotions Stirred Whilst Reading In An Arm-chair, Or In A Prayer Meeting, But He Never Translates His Emotions Into Action. Consequently A Sentimentalist Is Usually Callous, Self-centred And Selfish, Because The Emotions He Likes To Have Stirred Do Not Cost Him Anything.
Prayer
Selfish
Reading
It Is Easy For Us To Tarnish God's Character Because He Never Argues Back; He Never Tries To Defend Or Vindicate Himself.
Character
Trying
Arguing
Don't Forget To Pray Today Because God Did Not Forget To Wake You Up This Morning.
Morning
Prayer
Today
It Is Perilously Possible To Make Our Conceptions Of God Like Molten Lead Poured Into A Specially Designed Mould, And When It Is Cold And Hard We Fling It At The Heads Of The Religious People Who Don't Agree With Us.
Religious
People
Cold
Once We See Jesus, The Impossible Things He Does In Our Lives Become As Natural As Breathing.
Jesus
Impossible Things
Breathing
When The Darkness Of Dismay Comes, Endure Until It Is Over, Because Out Of It Will Come That Following Of Jesus Which Is An Unspeakable Joy.
Jesus
Joy
Darkness
Our Work Is Not To Save Souls, But To Disciple Them. Salvation And Sanctification Are The Work Of God's Sovereign Grace, And Our Work As His Disciples Is To Disciple Others' Lives Until They Are Totally Yielded To God. One Life Totally Devoted To God Is Of More Value To Him Than One Hundred Lives Which Have Been Simply Awakened By His Spirit. As Workers For God, We Must Reproduce Our Own Kind Spiritually, And Those Lives Will Be God's Testimony To Us As His Workers. God Brings Us Up To A Standard Of Life Through His Grace, And We Are Responsible For Reproducing That Same Standard In Others.
Grace
Soul
Sovereign
The Prayer Of The Feeblest Saint Who Lives In The Spirit And Keeps Right With God Is A Terror To Satan. The Very Powers Of Darkness Are Paralyzed By Prayer; No Spiritualistic Seance Can Succeed In The Presence Of A Humble Praying Saint. No Wonder Satan Tries To Keep Our Minds Fussy In Active Work Till We Cannot Think In Prayer.
Prayer
Humble
Thinking
Don't Plan Without God. God Seems To Have A Delightful Way Of Upsetting The Plans We Have Made, When We Have Not Taken Him Into Account.
Taken
Upset
Way
Sanctification Is Not My Idea Of What I Want God To Do For Me; Sanctification Is God’s Idea Of What He Wants To Do For Me.
Ideas
Want
Sanctification
We Do Not Pray At All Until We Are At Our Wits' End.
Prayer
Praying
Wits End
Ask God For What You Want, But You Cannot Ask If You Are Not Asking For A Right Thing. When You Draw Near To God, You Cease From Asking For Things."your Father Knows What Things You Have Need Of, Before You Ask Him." Then, Why Ask? That You May Get To Know Him.
Prayer
Father
Needs
Are You Debating Whether You Should Take A Step Of Faith In Jesus, Or Whether You Should Wait Until You Can Clearly See How To Do What He Has Asked? Simply Obey Him With Unrestrained Joy. When He Tells You Something And You Begin To Debate, It Is Because You Have A Misunderstanding Of What Honors Him And What Doesn't. Are You Faithful To Jesus, Or Faithful To Your Ideas About Him?
Faith
Jesus
Inspiration
Be Exhausted For God, But Remember That Your Supply Comes From Him. 'all My Fresh Springs Shall Be In Thee.'
Spring
Remember
Exhausted
Continually Revise Your Relationship To God Until The Only Certainty You Have Is Not That You Are Faithful, But That He Is.
Faithful
Our Relationship
Certainty
Patience Is More Than Endurance. A Saint's Life Is In The Hands Of God Like A Bow And Arrow In The Hands Of An Archer. God Is Aiming At Something The Saint Cannot See, And He Stretches And Strains, And Every Now And Again The Saint Says--'i Cannot Stand Anymore.' God Does Not Heed, He Goes On Stretching Till His Purpose Is In Sight, Then He Lets Fly. Trust Yourself In God's Hands. Maintain Your Relationship To Jesus Christ By The Patience Of Faith. 'though He Slay Me, Yet Will I Trust In Him.
Jesus
Archer
Sight
Our Natural Virtues Can Never Come Anywhere Near What Jesus Christ Wants.
Jesus
Want
Christ
When We Discern That People Are Not Going On Spiritually And Allow The Discernment To Turn To Criticism, We Block Our Way To God. God Never Gives Us Discernment In Order That We May Criticize, But That We May Intercede
Block
Order
People
The Proof That Our Relationship Is Right With God Is That We Do Our Best Whether We Feel Inspired Or Not.
Relationship
God
Christian
When The Truth Is Preached, The Spirit Of God Brings Each Person Face To Face With God Himself.
Faces
Spirit
Truth Is
To Silence The Voice Of God Is Damnation In Time!
Voice
Silence
Damnation
If We Are Abandoned To Jesus We Have No Ends Of Our Own To Serve.
Jesus
Abandoned
Ends
God Brings You To Places, Among People, And Into Certain Conditions To Accomplish A Definite Purpose Through The Intercession Of The Spirit In You. Your Part In Intercessory Prayer Is Not To Agonize Over How To Intercede, But To Use The Everyday Circumstances And People God Puts Around You By His Providence To Bring Them Before His Throne, And To Allow The Spirit In You The Opportunity To Intercede For Them. In This Way God Is Going To Touch The Whole World With His Saints.
Prayer
Opportunity
People
No Man Has Ever Gone Through The Crisis Of Deliberately Making Jesus Lord And Found Him To Be A Failure.
Jesus
Men
Gone
The Honour Of Jesus Christ Is At Stake In Your Bodily Life. Are You Remaining Loyal To The Son Of God In The Things Which Beset His Life In You? Do You Continue To Go With Jesus? The Way Lies Through Gethsemane, Through The City Gate, Outside The Camp; The Way Lies Alone, And The Way Lies Until There Is No Trace Of A Footstep Left, Only The Voice, 'follow Me.'
Jesus
Lying
Son
The Thing That Awakens The Deepest Fountain Of Gratitude In A Human Being Is That God Has Forgiven His Sin.
Gratitude
Sin
Fountain
Keep Your Life So Constantly In Touch With God That His Surprising Power Can Break Through At Any Point.
Break Through
Break
Surprising
Very Few Of Us Know Anything About Loyalty To Christ -- For My Sake. It Is That Which Makes The Iron Saint.
Faith
Loyalty
Iron
God Is Not Concerned About Our Plans; He Doesn’t Ask, “do You Want To Go Through This Loss Of A Loved One, This Difficulty, Or This Defeat?” No, He Allows These Things For His Own Purpose. The Things We Are Going Through Are Either Making Us Sweeter, Better, And Nobler Men And Women, Or They Are Making Us More Critical And Fault-finding, And More Insistent On Our Own Way. The Things That Happen Either Make Us Evil, Or They Make Us More Saintly, Depending Entirely On Our Relationship With God And Its Level Of Intimacy.
Loss
Men
Evil
Understanding Quotes: Their Essence and Application

Quotes, or quotations, are powerful tools in communication, encapsulating ideas, emotions, and wisdom in concise expressions. They serve various purposes across different contexts, from academic writing to everyday conversation.

1. Defining Quotes

A quote is a repetition of someone else's statement or thoughts. It can be a direct replication of words spoken or written by another individual, often used to support arguments, provide evidence, or convey profound insights.


2. The Importance of Quotes

2.1. Enhancing Credibility

Incorporating quotes from authoritative sources can bolster the credibility of your work. By referencing experts or primary sources, you demonstrate thorough research and a solid foundation for your arguments.


2.2. Providing Evidence

Quotes serve as concrete evidence to support claims. In academic and professional writing, they validate points made, offering readers a basis to trust the information presented.


2.3. Conveying Emotions and Perspectives

Quotes can encapsulate emotions and perspectives succinctly. They allow writers to express complex feelings or viewpoints through the words of others, often more eloquently than paraphrasing.


3. Types of Quotes

3.1. Direct Quotes

Direct quotes involve copying the exact words from a source, enclosed in quotation marks. They are used when the original wording is significant or particularly well-expressed.


3.2. Indirect Quotes (Paraphrasing)

Indirect quotes restate the original message in your own words. While not enclosed in quotation marks, they still require proper attribution to the original source.


3.3. Block Quotes

Block quotes are lengthy direct quotations, formatted as a separate block of text. They are typically used for quotes exceeding a certain length, varying by citation style. For instance, in APA style, quotes longer than 40 words are formatted as block quotes.



4. Proper Usage of Quotes


4.1. Contextual Relevance

Ensure that the quote you choose is relevant to the topic and adds value to your content. Avoid inserting quotes solely for decorative purposes.


4.2. Integration into Your Writing

Seamlessly integrate quotes into your writing. Introduce them appropriately and follow up with analysis or commentary to connect them to your main points.


4.3. Attribution and Citation

Always attribute quotes to their original authors and provide proper citations according to the required style guide (APA, MLA, Chicago, etc.).


5. Common Mistakes to Avoid


5.1. Overusing Quotes

Relying too heavily on quotes can overshadow your voice. Use them sparingly to support your arguments, not replace them.


5.2. Lack of Analysis

Presenting a quote without analysis or explanation can leave readers questioning its relevance. Always follow up with your interpretation or discussion.


5.3. Misquoting or Taking Out of Context

Ensure that quotes are accurate and not taken out of context, as this can mislead readers and undermine your credibility.



6. Quotes in Different Contexts


6.1. Academic Writing

In academic writing, quotes are used to support arguments, provide evidence, and engage with existing literature. Proper citation is crucial to avoid plagiarism.


6.2. Journalism

Journalists use quotes to provide firsthand accounts, add authenticity, and present multiple perspectives within a story.


6.3. Literature and Creative Writing

In literature, quotes can be used to convey character voices, themes, and stylistic elements. They enrich narratives and provide depth to storytelling.



7. Punctuation and Formatting


Understanding the correct punctuation and formatting of quotes is essential:


Quotation Marks: Always enclose direct quotes within quotation marks.


Punctuation Placement: In American English, periods and commas are placed inside quotation marks, while colons and semicolons are placed outside.


Block Quotes: For longer quotes, format them as block quotes without quotation marks, and indent the entire block.



8. Ethical Considerations


Ethical use of quotes involves accurate representation, proper attribution, and respect for intellectual property. Misuse can lead to plagiarism, which carries serious academic and professional consequences.

9. Tools for Managing Quotes


Utilize tools like citation generators and plagiarism checkers to manage quotes effectively. These tools help ensure proper formatting and originality in your writing.



Conclusion


Quotes are invaluable in enriching content, providing evidence, and conveying complex ideas succinctly. When used appropriately, they enhance the quality and credibility of your writing. Always ensure relevance, proper integration, and ethical usage to maximize their impact.


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