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One Of The Greatest Hindrances In Coming To Jesus Is The Excuse Of Temperament. We Make Our Temperament And Our Natural Affinities Barriers To Coming To Jesus. The First Thing We Realize When We Come To Jesus Is That He Pays No Attention Whatever To Our Natural Affinities. We Have The Notion That We Can Consecrate Our Gifts To God. You Cannot Consecrate What Is Not Yours; There Is Only One Thing You Can Consecrate To God, And That Is Your Right To Yourself (romans 12:1). If You Will Give God Your Right To Yourself, He Will Make A Holy Experiment Out Of You. God’s Experiments Always Succeed
-Oswald Chambers
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One Of The Greatest Hindrances In Coming To Jesus Is The Excuse Of Temperament. We Make Our Temperament And Our Natural Affinities Barriers To Coming To Jesus. The First Thing We Realize When We Come To Jesus Is That He Pays No Attention Whatever To Our Natural Affinities. We Have The Notion That We Can Consecrate Our Gifts To God. You Cannot Consecrate What Is Not Yours; There Is Only One Thing You Can Consecrate To God, And That Is Your Right To Yourself (romans 12:1). If You Will Give God Your Right To Yourself, He Will Make A Holy Experiment Out Of You. God’s Experiments Always Succeed
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Faith
Christian
Go Therefore And Make Disciples Of All The Nations
Bible
Baptism
Ecumenism
The Key To The Missionary's Work Is The Authority Of Jesus Christ, Not The Needs Of The Lost. We Are Inclined To Look On Our Lord As One Who Assists Us In Our Endeavors For God. Yet Our Lord Places Himself As The Absolute Sovereign And Supreme Lord Over His Disciples. He Does Not Say That The Lost Will Never Be Saved If We Don't Go- He Simply Says, "go Therefore And Make Disciples Of All The Nations...."
Jesus
Keys
Missionary
To Be 'in The Will Of God' Is Not A Matter Of Intellectual Discernment, But A State Of Heart.
Heart
Intellectual
Matter
If A Man Cannot Prove His Religion In The Valley, It Is Not Worth Anything.
Men
Valleys
Prove
Too Often We Treat Prayer As The Preparation For The Work Of The Church. Do You Not See? Prayer Is The Work Of The Church.
Prayer
Preparation
Church
A Hypocrite Is One Who Plays Two Parts Consciously For His Own Ends. When We Find Fault With Other People We May Be Quite Sincere, And Yet Jesus Says In Reality We Are Frauds.
Jesus
Hypocrite
Reality
We Are In Danger Of Forgetting That We Cannot Do What God Does, And That God Will Not Do What We Can Do. We Cannot Save Ourselves Nor Sanctify Ourselves, God Does That; But God Will Not Give Us Good Habits, He Will Not Give Us Character, He Will Not Make Us Walk Aright. We Have To Do All That Ourselves.
Character
Giving
Doe
When Someone Thinks That To Develop A Holy Life He Must Always Be Alone With God, He Is No Longer Of Any Use To Others.
Thinking
Use
Alone With God
Never Run Before God Gives You His Direction. If You Have The Slightest Doubt, Then He Is Not Guiding. Whenever There Is Doubt-wait.
Running
Giving
Waiting
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
If Through A Broken Heart God Can Bring His Purposes To Pass In The World, Then Thank Him For Breaking Your Heart.
Heart
Broken
Purpose
Eternal Life Is Not A Gift From God; Eternal Life Is The Gift Of God.
Life Is
Eternal Life
Gift From God
It Is Misleading To Imagine That We Are Developed In Spite Of Our Circumstances, For We Are Developed Because Of Them. It Is Mastery In Circumstances That Is Needed, Not Mastery Over Them.
Mastery
Imagine
Spite
Theology Must Work Itself Out In The Most Practical Relationships.
Theology
Practicals
We Are Not Meant To Be Seen As God's Perfect, Bright-shining Examples, But To Be Seen As The Everyday Essence Of Ordinary Life Exhibiting The Miracle Of His Grace.
Essence
Perfect
Miracle
I Have Never Met The Man I Could Despair Of After Discerning What Lies In Me Apart From The Grace Of God.
Christian
Lying
Inspiration
Am I Getting Nobler, Better, More Helpful, More Humble, As I Get Older? Am I Exhibiting The Life That Men Take Knowledge Of As Having Been With Jesus, Or Am I Getting More Self-assertive, More Deliberately Determined To Have My Own Way? It Is A Great Thing To Tell Yourself The Truth.
Jesus
Humble
Men
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
Disillusionment Means Having No More Misconceptions, False Impressions, And False Judgments In Life; It Means Being Free From These Deceptions. Refusing To Be Disillusioned Is The Cause Of Much Of The Suffering Of Human Life.
Mean
Deception
Suffering
The Reason We See Hypocrisy And Fraud And Unreality In Others Is Because They Are All In Our Own Hearts. The Great Characteristic Of A Saint Is Humility-yes, All Those Things And Other Evils Would Have Been Manifested In Me But For The Grace Of God, Therefore I Have No Right To Judge.
Heart
Humility
Evil
There Is No Condition Of Life In Which We Cannot Abide In Jesus. We Have To Learn To Abide In Him Wherever We Are Placed.
Jesus
Conditions
God Wants To Use Us As He Used His Own Son
Christian
Son
Use
There Is Nothing Attractive About The Gospel To The Natural Man; The Only Man Who Finds The Gospel Attractive Is The Man Who Is Convicted Of Sin.
Men
Sin
He Man
God Always Ignores The Present Perfection For The Ultimate Perfection.
Perfection
Ultimate
No Love Of The Natural Heart Is Safe Unless The Human Heart Has Been Satisfied By God First
Heart
Safe
Firsts
It Is By No Haphazard Chance That In Every Age Men Have Risen Early To Pray. The First Thing That Marks Decline In Spiritual Life Is Our Relationship To The Early Morning.
Spiritual
Morning
Prayer
Our Lord Never Lays Down The Conditions Of Discipleship As The Conditions Of Salvation.
Lord
Salvation
Discipleship
God Never Forces A Person's Will Into Surrender, And He Never Begs. He Patiently Waits Until That Person Willingly Yields To Him. True Surrender Is A Matter Of Being 'united Together [with Jesus] In The Likeness Of His Death' (romans 6:5) Until Nothing Ever Appeals To You That Did Not Appeal To Him. And After You Surrender--then What? Your Entire Life Should Be Characterized By An Eagerness To Maintain Unbroken Fellowship And Oneness With God.
Jesus
Oneness
Yield
The Historic Idea That The Devil Tempts Men Had This Remarkable Effect, It Produced The Man Of Iron Who Fought; The Modern Idea Of Blaming His Heredity Or His Circumstances Produces The Man Who Gives In At Once.
Men
Ideas
Iron
To Wait Is Not To Sit With Folded Hands, But To Learn To Do What We Are Told.
Hands
Waiting
The Path Of Peace For Us Is To Hand Ourselves Over To God And Ask Him To Search Us, Not What We Think We Are, Or What Other People Think We Are, Or What We Persuade Ourselves We Are Or Would Like To Be, But 'search Me Out, O God, Explore Me As I Really Am In Thy Sight.'
Thinking
Sight
Hands
Jesus Christ Has Undertaken By His Redemption To Put In Me A Heart So Pure That God Can See Nothing To Censure.
Jesus
Heart
Redemption
No Matter What Changes God Has Performed In You, Never Rely On Them. Build Only On A Person, The Lord Jesus Christ, And On The Spirit He Gives.
Jesus
Giving
Matter
One Of The Greatest Strains In Life Is The Strain Of Waiting For God.
Waiting
Life Is
Waiting On God
In The Midst Of The Awesomeness, A Touch Comes, And You Know It Is The Right Hand Of Jesus Christ. You Know It Is Not The Hand Of Restraint, Correction, Nor Chastisement, But The Right Hand Of The Everlasting Father. Whenever His Hand Is Laid Upon You, It Gives Inexpressible Peace And Comfort, And The Sense That "underneath Are The Everlasting Arms," (deuteronomy 33:27) Full Of Support, Provision, Comfort And Strength.
Jesus
Father
Hands
When A Man Is At His Wits' End It Is Not A Cowardly Thing To Pray, It Is The Only Way He Can Get In Touch With Reality.
Prayer
Reality
Men
When You Are Insulted, You Must Not Only Not Resent It, But You Must Make It An Opportunity To Exhibit The Son Of God In Your Life. And You Cannot Imitate The Nature Of Jesus-it Is Either In You Or It Is Not. A Personal Insult Becomes An Opportunity For A Saint To Reveal The Incredible Sweetness Of The Lord Jesus.
Jesus
Son
Opportunity
God's End Is To Enable Me To See That He Can Walk On The Chaos Of My Life Just Now.
Chaos
Ends
Walks
We Imagine That Whatever Is Unpleasant Is Our Duty! Is That Anything Like The Spirit Of Our Lord, "i *delight* To Do Thy Will, O My God.
Delight
Spirit
Imagine
Our Circumstances Are The Means God Uses To Exhibit Just How Wonderfully Perfect And Extraordinarily Pure His Son Is.
Mean
Son
Perfect
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
Depression Tends To Turn Us Away From The Everyday Things Of God’s Creation. But Whenever God Steps In, His Inspiration Is To Do The Most Natural, Simple Things- Things We Would Never Have Imagined God Was In, But As We Do Them We Find Him There.
Inspiration
Simple
Everyday Things
We Must Build Our Faith Not On Fading Lights But On The Light That Never Fails. When 'important' Individuals Go Away We Are Sad, Until We See That They Are Meant To Go, So That Only One Thing Is Left For Us To Do--to Look Into The Face Of God For Ourselves.
Light
Important
Going Away
Never Become Attached To Anything That Continues To Hurt God. For You To Be Free Of It, God Must Be Allowed To Hurt Whatever It May Be.
Hurt
May
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
A Ready Person Never Needs To Get Ready.
Needs
Ready
Persons
Jesus Said, 'go ... And Make Disciples,' Not Converts To Your Opinions.
Jesus
Opinion
Said
The Test Of The Life Of A Saint Is Not Success, But Faithfulness In Human Life As It Actually Is. We Will Set Up Success In Christian Work As The Aim; The Aim Is To Manifest The Glory Of God In Human Life, To Live The Life Hid With Christ In God In Human Conditions. Our Human Relationships Are The Actual Conditions In Which The Ideal Life Of God Is To Be Exhibited.
Christian
Live Life
Tests
No Enthusiasm Will Ever Stand The Strain That Jesus Christ Will Put Upon His Worker, Only One Thing Will, And That Is A Personal Relationship To Himself Which Has Gone Through The Mill Of His Spring-cleaning Until There Is Only One Purpose Left--i Am Here For God To Send Me Where He Will.
Jesus
Spring
Purpose
When A Man’s Heart Is Right With God The Mysterious Utterances Of The Bible Are Spirit And Life To Him. Spiritual Truth Is Discernible Only To A Pure Heart, Not To A Keen Intellect. It Is Not A Question Of Profundity Of Intellect, But Of Purity Of Heart.
Spiritual
Heart
Men
Your God May Be Your Little Christian Habit - The Habit Of Prayer Or Bible Reading At Certain Times Of Your Day. Watch How Your Father Will Upset Your Schedule If You Begin To Worship Your Habit Instead Of What The Habit Symbolizes. We Say, 'i Can't Do That Right Now; This Is My Time Alone With God.' No, This Is Your Time Alone With Your Habit.
Faith
Christian
Prayer
We Must Learn To Live In The Ordinary 'gray' Day According To What We Saw On The Mountain.
Mountain
Ordinary
Saws
We Trample The Blood Of The Son Of God Underfoot If We Think We Are Forgiven Because We Are Sorry For Our Sins. The Only Reason For The Forgiveness Of Our Sins By God, And The Infinite Depth Of His Promise To Forget Them, Is The Death Of Jesus Christ...no Matter Who Or What We Are, God Restores Us To Right Standing With Himself Only By Means Of The Death Of Jesus Christ...to Identify With The Death Of Jesus Christ Means That We Must Die To Everything That Was Never A Part Of Him.
Jesus
Sorry
Mean
Jesus Christ Can Afford To Be Misunderstood; We Cannot. Our Weakness Lies In Always Wanting To Vindicate Ourselves.
Jesus
Lying
Misunderstood
The Greatest Word Of Jesus To His Disciples Is Abandon
Jesus
Abandon
Disciple
Temptation Is A Suggested Short Cut To The Realization Of The Highest At Which I Aim - Not Towards What I Understand As Evil, But Towards What I Understand As Good.
Cutting
Evil
Temptation
Grace Is The Overflowing Favor Of God, And You Can Always Count On It Being Available To Draw Upon As Needed.
Grace
Favors
Overflow
Make Converts To Your Own Thoughts And Opinions.
Opinion
The Peace That Jesus Gives Is Never Engineered By Circumstances On The Outside.
Christian
Jesus
Giving
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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