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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 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.
Watchman NeeWatchman Nee Oh, Lord, you have indeed been gracious to me.
Watchman NeeWatchman Nee 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.
Watchman NeeWatchman Nee May we see the Lord in all things-way, truth, and life are all found in knowing Him. May we really meet the Son of God and let Him live in us. Amen.
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