Watchman Nee on consecration
Watchman Nee112 quotes“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.”
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God is not seeking a display of my Christ-likeness , but a manifestation of His Christ.
Watchman NeeWatchman Nee Outside of Christ, I am only a sinner, but in Christ, I am saved. Outside of Christ, I am empty; in Christ, I am full. Outside of Christ,
Watchman NeeWatchman Nee The child of God ought to confess his weakness that he does not know how to pray, and petition the Holy Spirit to teach him.
Watchman NeeWatchman Nee Not by gain our life is measured, But by what we’ve lost ‘Tis scored; ‘Tis not how much wine is drunken But how much has been outpoured. For the strength of love never standeth In the sacrifice we bear; He who has the greatest suffering Ever has the most to share.
Watchman NeeWatchman Nee Food ought not hinder our fellowship with God since it is to be taken purely to preserve the body in health.
Watchman NeeWatchman Nee Outside Christ, I am empty; in Christ, I am full.
Watchman NeeWatchman Nee Victory is the normal experience of a Christian; defeat should be the abnormal experience.
Watchman NeeWatchman Nee Negligence in prayer withers the inner man. Nothing can be a substitute for it, not even Christian work.
Watchman NeeWatchman Nee Actually, only God can satisfy a Christian’s heart; man cannot.
Watchman NeeWatchman Nee God not only wants to break the outer man…He wants our spirit and our soul…our inner man and outer man to be separated from each other.
Watchman NeeWatchman Nee He who is able to accept everything gladly from the Lord – including darkness, dryness, flatness – and completely disregard self is he who lives for Him.
Watchman NeeWatchman Nee A Christian life is an unending engagement on the battlefield.
Watchman NeeWatchman Nee With complete consecration comes perfect peace.
Watchman NeeWatchman Nee The Lord has shown me that I can do anything, but that He has said, apart from Me ye can do nothing. So it comes to this, that everything I have done, and can still do apart from Him is nothing!
Watchman NeeWatchman Nee Natural strength is what we receive from the hand of God as Creator. Spiritual strength is what we receive from God in grace.
Watchman NeeWatchman Nee Man’s thought is always of the punishment that will come to him if he sins. But God’s thought is always of the glory man will miss if he sins. God’s purpose for redemption is glory, glory, glory.
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Poetry is the voice of the soul and the inspiration of the heart.
Teresa PeresTeresa Peres But it was now time for her to go away-to find someone who could show her what happiness was.
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Norah RoseNorah Rose A memory is a star or a stain.
Aneena BijuAneena Biju Love her, but don’t forget to leave her wild.
Little PaulsonLittle Paulson Do your own thing and live your way of happiness.
Emily BockEmily Bock I’ve experienced departure far too much to have the courage and call anyone my own.
Mira R. AridiMira R. Aridi More often than I am not, all I need is the rise of my own lungs – I am already complete.
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If you want to establish an international presence you can’t do so from New York. You need the consecration of Paris.
Oscar de la RentaOscar de la Renta With complete consecration comes perfect peace.
Watchman NeeWatchman Nee But the consecration that doesn’t reach your purse has not reached your heart.
Adrian RogersAdrian Rogers I know that with consecration on the part of believers, separation from the world, disentanglement from enslaving sins, and a mighty baptism of the Holy Spirit, the church would become a conquering power in the world
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