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.
WATCHMAN NEEWe must not pay attention just to reading and studying; rather, we should ask if we are open before the Lord. If we do not have an unveiled face, the glory of the Lord will not shine on us. If our heart is not open to God, God cannot give us any light.
More Watchman Nee Quotes
-
-
Samson is not alone in the history of man in failing in this regard. Delilah is still cutting the hair of man today!
WATCHMAN NEE -
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 -
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 -
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 -
To keep our hand on the plow while wiping away our tears — THAT is Christianity!
WATCHMAN NEE -
Spiritual advancement is measured by faithful obedience.
WATCHMAN NEE -
God asks for men who are totally broken and who will follow Him even to death to work for Him.
WATCHMAN NEE -
The Christian life from start to finish is based upon this principle of utter dependence upon the Lord Jesus.
WATCHMAN NEE -
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 NEE -
All satanic works are performed from the outside inward; all divine works from the inside outward.
WATCHMAN NEE -
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.
WATCHMAN NEE -
The Blood deals with what we have done, whereas the Cross deals with what we are. The Blood disposes of our sins, while the Cross strikes at the root of our capacity for sin.
WATCHMAN NEE -
People who are lazy, careless, doubtful-minded or arrogant need not expect God to reveal His secret or covenant to them.
WATCHMAN NEE -
Whatever the mind sets itself on is what the man walks after.
WATCHMAN NEE -
Lord, I am willing to break my heart in order that I may satisfy Thy heart!
WATCHMAN NEE