We consider strong emotion or outward conduct as life. In reality, though, these are not life. We ought to realize that only the Lord is life. Christ is our life. And it is the Lord who lives out this life in us.
WATCHMAN NEEThe Christian life from start to finish is based upon this principle of utter dependence upon the Lord Jesus.
More Watchman Nee Quotes
-
-
The ‘flesh’ is too bad to be cleansed; it must be crucified.
WATCHMAN NEE -
God has always one sufficient answer, His Son Jesus Christ, and he is the answer to every need.
WATCHMAN NEE -
Lord, I am willing to break my heart in order that I may satisfy Thy heart!
WATCHMAN NEE -
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.
WATCHMAN NEE -
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 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 -
I want nothing for myself; I want everything for the Lord.
WATCHMAN NEE -
To remove warfare from a spiritual life is to render it unspiritual.
WATCHMAN NEE -
Repentance means a change of mind. Formerly, I thought sin as a pleasant thing, but now I have changed my mind about it. Formerly, I thought the world an attractive place, but now I know better.
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 -
The Spirit is both a builder and a dweller. He cannot dwell where he has not built; He builds to dwell and dwells in only what he has built.
WATCHMAN NEE -
Numerous Christians do not know how to glorify God in their eating and drinking. They do not eat and drink simply to keep their body fit for the Lord’s use but indulge to satisfy their personal desires.
WATCHMAN NEE -
An affection which is not inspired by the Lord will soon be transformed into lust.
WATCHMAN NEE -
If you would test the character of anything, you only need to enquire whether that thing leads you to God or away from God.
WATCHMAN NEE -
The book of Acts is the best aid in approaching our work. We do not find there anyone consecrating himself as a preacher nor anyone deciding to do the Lord’s work by making himself a missionary or a pastor. What we do see is the Holy Spirit Himself appointing and sending men out to do the work.
WATCHMAN NEE