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 NEENot until we take the place of a servant can He take His place as Lord.
More Watchman Nee Quotes
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Why do so many Christians pray such tiny prayers when their God is so big?
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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.
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People who are lazy, careless, doubtful-minded or arrogant need not expect God to reveal His secret or covenant to them.
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The ‘flesh’ is too bad to be cleansed; it must be crucified.
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Prayer is work. The experiences of many children of God demonstrate that it accomplishes far more than does any other form of work. It is also warfare, for it is one of the weapons in fighting the enemy. However, only prayer in the spirit is genuinely effectual.
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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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If you would test the character of anything, you only need to enquire whether that thing leads you to God or away from God.
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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 answer all our questions in one way and one way only. Namely, by showing us more of his Son.
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If we just had more revelation of what we already have, there would be far less prayers and far more praise.
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A born-again person ought to possess unspeakable peace in the spirit.
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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.
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Man’s thought is always of the punishment that will come to him if he sins. But God’s thought is always of the glory man will miss if he sins. God’s purpose for redemption is glory, glory, glory.
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The breaking of the alabaster box and the anointing of the Lord filled the house with the odor, with the sweetest odor.
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All satanic works are performed from the outside inward; all divine works from the inside outward.
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