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 NEESamson is not alone in the history of man in failing in this regard. Delilah is still cutting the hair of man today!
More Watchman Nee Quotes
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If we just had more revelation of what we already have, there would be far less prayers and far more praise.
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Our bread is not only the Word of God, our meat is not only to do His will, our bread is also…the difficulties that are in our way.
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Often Satan injects pride into the believer’s spirit, evoking in him an attitude of self-importance and of self-conceit. He causes him to esteem himself a very outstanding person, one who is indispensable in God’s work. Such a spirit constitutes one of the major reasons for the fall of believers.
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To keep our hand on the plow while wiping away our tears — THAT is Christianity!
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We may be weak, but looking at our weakness will never make us strong.
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A Christian life is an unending engagement on the battlefield.
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Why do so many Christians pray such tiny prayers when their God is so big?
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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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Our old history ends with the Cross; our new history begins with the resurrection.
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The right attitude is this: that I have my own will, yet I will the will of God.
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True revelation of the fact of the Spirit’s indwelling will revolutionize the life of any Christian.
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I do not consecrate myself to be a missionary or a preacher.
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People who are lazy, careless, doubtful-minded or arrogant need not expect God to reveal His secret or covenant to them.
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Baptism is an outward expression of an inward faith.
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I have received new life; because the Lord Jesus has been exalted to the right hand of the Father, I have received the outpoured Spirit. All is because of Him; nothing is because of me.
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