Put very simply, Satan’s power in the world is everywhere. Yet wherever men and women walk in the Spirit, sensitive to the anointing they have from God, that power of his just evaporates.
WATCHMAN NEEA Christian life is an unending engagement on the battlefield.
More Watchman Nee Quotes
-
-
Just being satisfied with Him and nothing else, immediately you scent the fragrance. There is a savor of the Lord. Something has been crushed, something has been broken, and there is a resulting odor of sweetness.
WATCHMAN NEE -
The life of faith is not only totally different from, but also diametrically opposite to, a life of feeling.
WATCHMAN NEE -
Everyone could smell it. Whenever you meet someone who has really suffered; been limited, gone through things for the Lord, willing to be imprisoned by the Lord.
WATCHMAN NEE -
It is a life utterly outpoured for the kingdom of God and lived in complete disregard for one’s personal happiness.
WATCHMAN NEE -
It is important to receive God’s arrangement in the circumstances. This arrangement is the discipline of the Holy Spirit. To escape God’s arrangement just one time is to lose an opportunity to have our capacity enlarged. A believer can never be the same after passing through suffering.
WATCHMAN NEE -
I am weak; in Christ, I am strong. Outside of Christ, I cannot; in Christ, I am more than able. Outside of Christ,
WATCHMAN 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.
WATCHMAN NEE -
Spiritual advancement is measured by faithful obedience.
WATCHMAN NEE -
Whatever the mind sets itself on is what the man walks after.
WATCHMAN NEE -
How true it is that without the guidance of the Holy Spirit intellect not only is undependable but also extremely dangerous, because it often confuses the issue of right and wrong.
WATCHMAN 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 NEE -
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.
WATCHMAN NEE -
The Christian faith begins not with a big DO but with a big DONE.
WATCHMAN NEE -
We may be weak, but looking at our weakness will never make us strong.
WATCHMAN NEE -
Formerly I regarded it miserable business to be a Christian, but now I think differently. Once I thought certain things delightful, now I think them vile. Once I thought other things utterly worthless, now I think them most precious. That is a change of mind, and that is repentance.
WATCHMAN NEE