How true it is that without the guidance of the Holy Spirit intellect not only is undependable but also extremely dangerous, because it often confuses the issue of right and wrong.
WATCHMAN NEEPrayer 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.
More Watchman Nee Quotes
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Baptism is an outward expression of an inward faith.
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I must first have the sense of God’s possession of me before I can have the sense of His presence with me.
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Our old history ends with the Cross; our new history begins with the resurrection.
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The cross grants us position, the Holy Spirit gives us experience.
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God asks for men who are totally broken and who will follow Him even to death to work for Him.
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Because the Lord Jesus died on the Cross, I have received forgiveness of sins; because the Lord Jesus rose from the dead,
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I 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.
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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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I have been defeated; in Christ, I am already victorious. How meaningful are the words, “in Christ.”
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Our bread is not only the Word of God, our meat is not only to do His will, our bread is also…the difficulties that are in our way.
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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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Life in the spirit is a suffering way, filled with watching and laboring, burdened by weariness and trial, punctuated by heartbreak and conflict.
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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.
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Let us ask Him to deliver us from the many external and fragmentary affairs that we may touch only Him.
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It is a life utterly outpoured for the kingdom of God and lived in complete disregard for one’s personal happiness.
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