We 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.
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Watchman Nee112 quotes“We 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.”
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The Christian experience, from start to finish, is a journey of faith.
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Watchman NeeWatchman Nee Good is not always God’s will, but God’s will is always good.
Watchman NeeWatchman Nee Many are so preoccupied with work that they allow little time for prayer. Hence they cannot cast out demons.
Watchman NeeWatchman 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 NeeWatchman Nee It does not matter what your personal deficiency, or whether it be a hundred and one different things,
Watchman NeeWatchman Nee The breaking of the alabaster box and the anointing of the Lord filled the house with the odor, with the sweetest odor.
Watchman NeeWatchman Nee 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.
Watchman NeeWatchman Nee 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.
Watchman NeeWatchman Nee I want nothing for myself; I want everything for the Lord.
Watchman NeeWatchman Nee Samson is not alone in the history of man in failing in this regard. Delilah is still cutting the hair of man today!
Watchman NeeWatchman Nee God is not seeking a display of my Christ-likeness , but a manifestation of His Christ.
Watchman NeeWatchman Nee Outside of Christ, I am only a sinner, but in Christ, I am saved. Outside of Christ, I am empty; in Christ, I am full. Outside of Christ,
Watchman NeeWatchman Nee 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.
Watchman NeeWatchman Nee 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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