God will not give me humility, or patience, or holiness, or love as separate investments of His grace. He has given only one gift to meet our need, His Son Christ Jesus.
WATCHMAN NEEBy the time the average Christian gets his temperature up to normal, everybody thinks he has a fever!
More Watchman Nee Quotes
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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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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.
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A born-again person ought to possess unspeakable peace in the spirit.
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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.
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The Christian life from start to finish is based upon this principle of utter dependence upon the Lord Jesus.
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God has always one sufficient answer, His Son Jesus Christ, and he is the answer to every need.
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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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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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Natural strength is what we receive from the hand of God as Creator. Spiritual strength is what we receive from God in grace.
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A Christian life is an unending engagement on the battlefield.
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Teach us to pray that we may cause The enemy to flee, That we his evil power may bind, His prisoners to free.
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Everyone who believes in God must have His revelation in his spirit, or else what he believes is not God but mere human wisdom, ideals or words. Such faith cannot endure the test.
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The devil abhors light and truth because these remove the ground of his working.
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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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Whatever the mind sets itself on is what the man walks after.
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