We must have a spirit of power towards the enemy, a spirit of love towards men, and a spirit of self-control towards ourselves.
WATCHMAN NEEAt times it seems we require more grace to lose our wealth than to lose our life!
More Watchman Nee Quotes
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Separation to God, separation from the world, is the first principle of Christian living.
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Nowadays Christians appear to treat prayer as a means to accomplish their aims and ideas. If they possessed just a little deeper understanding, they would recognize that prayer is but man uttering to God what is God’s will.
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I have been defeated; in Christ, I am already victorious. How meaningful are the words, “in Christ.”
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We think of the Christian life as a ‘changed life’ but it is not that. What God offers us is an ‘exchanged life,’ a ‘substituted life,’ and Christ is our Substitute within.
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God has always one sufficient answer, His Son Jesus Christ, and he is the answer to every need.
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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.
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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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Actually, only God can satisfy a Christian’s heart; man cannot.
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Baptism is an outward expression of an inward faith.
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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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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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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.
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There is a line drawn by God, a boundary where by virtue of his own very presence Satan’s writ does not run. Let God but occupy all the space himself, and what room is left for the evil one?
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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.
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Food ought not hinder our fellowship with God since it is to be taken purely to preserve the body in health.
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