Watchman Nee on acid
Watchman Nee112 quotes“Prayer is the acid test of the inner man’s strength. A strong spirit is capable of praying much and praying with all perseverance until the answer comes. A weak one grows weary and fainthearted in the maintenance of praying.”
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The devil abhors light and truth because these remove the ground of his working.
Watchman NeeWatchman Nee God has always one sufficient answer, His Son Jesus Christ, and he is the answer to every need.
Watchman NeeWatchman Nee To remove warfare from a spiritual life is to render it unspiritual.
Watchman NeeWatchman Nee God will not give me humility, or patience, or holiness, or love as separate investments of His grace. He has given only one gift to meet our need, His Son Christ Jesus.
Watchman NeeWatchman Nee To bear the cross means that you refrain from doing what you have the power to do. You are qualified to fulfill your desire, yet you refrain from doing so.
Watchman NeeWatchman Nee If we just had more revelation of what we already have, there would be far less prayers and far more praise.
Watchman NeeWatchman Nee Life in the spirit is a suffering way, filled with watching and laboring, burdened by weariness and trial, punctuated by heartbreak and conflict.
Watchman NeeWatchman Nee By the time the average Christian gets his temperature up to normal, everybody thinks he has a fever!
Watchman NeeWatchman Nee An unpeaceful mind cannot operate normally.
Watchman NeeWatchman Nee Take this as the secret of Christ’s life in you: His Spirit dwells in your innermost spirit. Meditate on it, believe in it, and remember it until this glorious truth produces within you a holy fear and wonderment that the Holy Spirit indeed abides in you.
Watchman NeeWatchman Nee Revelation is the first step to holiness, and consecration is the second. A day must come in our lives, as definite as the day of our conversion, when we give up all right to ourselves and submit to the absolute Lordship of Jesus Christ.
Watchman NeeWatchman Nee Spiritual advancement is measured by faithful obedience.
Watchman NeeWatchman Nee Our prayers lay the track down which Gods power can come. Like a mighty locomotive, his power is irresistible, but it cannot reach us without rails.
Watchman NeeWatchman Nee Not until we take the place of a servant can He take His place as Lord.
Watchman NeeWatchman Nee I must first have the sense of God’s possession of me before I can have the sense of His presence with me.
Watchman NeeWatchman Nee May we always be possessed by the consciousness that we are not our own.
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There is a point where political correctness becomes an acid that erodes freedom.
Bill O'ReillyBill O'Reilly The acid test of our love for God is obedience to His Word. The greatest ability is dependability. The test of your character is what it takes to stop you. Trust God as if it all depends upon Him, and work as if it all depends upon you.
Bob Jones, Sr.Bob Jones, Sr. Yes, but personally I was never a big acid head.
Bill GriffithBill Griffith Ocean acidification – the excess carbon dioxide in the atmosphere that is turning the oceans increasingly acid.
Sylvia EarleSylvia Earle Sadness is no more than a bit of acid transfixed in the cerebellum.
Alan LightmanAlan Lightman Sadness is no more than a bit of acid transfixed in the cerebellum.
Alan LightmanAlan Lightman When there is no oxygen the muscles become acidic and we can’t perform any more.
Wim HofWim Hof Anger is an acid that can do more harm to the vessel in which it is stored than to anything on which it is poured.
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