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 NEETake this as the secret of Christ’s life in you: His Spirit dwells in your innermost spirit. Meditate on it, believe in it, and remember it until this glorious truth produces within you a holy fear and wonderment that the Holy Spirit indeed abides in you.
More Watchman Nee Quotes
-
-
Teach us to pray that we may cause The enemy to flee, That we his evil power may bind, His prisoners to free.
WATCHMAN NEE -
By the time the average Christian gets his temperature up to normal, everybody thinks he has a fever!
WATCHMAN NEE -
The life of faith is not only totally different from, but also diametrically opposite to, a life of feeling.
WATCHMAN NEE -
We should understand that the body is for the Lord and not for ourselves; hence we should refrain from using it for our pleasure.
WATCHMAN NEE -
Let us ask Him to deliver us from the many external and fragmentary affairs that we may touch only Him.
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 -
Because the Lord Jesus died on the Cross, I have received forgiveness of sins; because the Lord Jesus rose from the dead,
WATCHMAN NEE -
I do not consecrate myself to be a missionary or a preacher.
WATCHMAN NEE -
The ‘flesh’ is too bad to be cleansed; it must be crucified.
WATCHMAN NEE -
God is not seeking a display of my Christ-likeness , but a manifestation of His Christ.
WATCHMAN NEE -
Christ is the Son of God. He died to atone for men’s sin, and after three days rose again. This is the most important fact in the universe. I die believing in Christ.
WATCHMAN NEE -
Our rest lies in looking to the Lord, not to ourselves.
WATCHMAN NEE -
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.
WATCHMAN NEE -
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.
WATCHMAN NEE -
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 NEE