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 NEEI need forgiveness for my sins, but I need also deliverance from the power of sin… I appreciate the blessed fact of God’s forgiveness, but I want something more than that: I want deliverance. I need forgiveness for what I have done, but I need also deliverance from what I am.
More Watchman Nee Quotes
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There is nothing more tragic than to come to the end of life and know we have been on the wrong course.
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The sight of any trouble strikes terror into the heart of those who do not have faith, but those who trust Him say, ‘Here comes my food.!
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To keep our hand on the plow while wiping away our tears — THAT is Christianity!
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If Christ lives in us, we will rejoice in everything, and we will thank and praise the Lord. We will say, ‘Hallelujah! Praise the Lord’ forever.
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It does not matter what your personal deficiency, or whether it be a hundred and one different things,
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Everyone who believes in God must have His revelation in his spirit, or else what he believes is not God but mere human wisdom, ideals or words. Such faith cannot endure the test.
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I do not consecrate myself to be a missionary or a preacher.
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Samson is not alone in the history of man in failing in this regard. Delilah is still cutting the hair of man today!
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A Christian life is an unending engagement on the battlefield.
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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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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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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.
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Why do so many Christians pray such tiny prayers when their God is so big?
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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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Oh, Lord, you have indeed been gracious to me.
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