With fear and trembling we must rely upon God for guidance in the inner depths. This is the sole way to walk according to the spirit.
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Watchman Nee112 quotes“With fear and trembling we must rely upon God for guidance in the inner depths. This is the sole way to walk according to the spirit.”
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Frequently the enemy entices Christians to harbor an unforgiving spirit – a very common symptom indeed among God’s children. Such bitterness and fault-finding and enmity inflict a severe blow upon spiritual life.
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Watchman NeeWatchman Nee There is a line drawn by God, a boundary where by virtue of his own very presence Satan’s writ does not run. Let God but occupy all the space himself, and what room is left for the evil one?
Watchman NeeWatchman Nee The ‘flesh’ is too bad to be cleansed; it must be crucified.
Watchman NeeWatchman Nee The Christian faith begins not with a big DO but with a big DONE.
Watchman NeeWatchman Nee I consecrate myself to God to do His will where I am, be it in school, office, or kitchen, or wherever He may, in His wisdom, send me.
Watchman NeeWatchman Nee 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.
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Melissa AndersonMelissa Anderson Maybe if you hold me tight, our love won’t be as shallow.
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Jessica CollinsJessica Collins Between day and night there was a moment of silence.
Frode GaslandFrode Gasland But doesn’t it hurt to feel so much and pretend not to?
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It is generally believed that it is the students who derive benefit by working under the guidance of a professor.
C. V. RamanC. V. Raman I know for a fact that I’m problematic. I shouldn’t be looked to for any kind of guidance.
MitskiMitski If you want to prove yourself to God, improve yourself. Words of guidance are so simple, yet so deep – anybody can win, if he be the soul entry. Unfortunately, in every field.
Chinmayananda SaraswatiChinmayananda Saraswati When death comes, all we can do is to surrender ourselves completely to the domination and guidance of God.
Pierre Teilhard de ChardinPierre Teilhard de Chardin How strange! You seek guidance, yet you do not tread its path, surely a boat does not sail on land.
Al-Shafi'iAl-Shafi'i Actually, King Abdullah, under his supervision and guidance, has established a dialogue in Saudi Arabia whereby all the population.
Al-Waleed bin TalalAl-Waleed bin Talal When I was a kid, I thought I was going to be an architect, because when I was 12 years old I had a guidance counselor that convinced me that that was the best career choice for me.
Al YankovicAl Yankovic At a certain point we need to grow up; we need to look inside ourselves for our inner guidance. There are things most human beings know; they just don’t want to know them.
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