Outside Christ, I am empty; in Christ, I am full.
WATCHMAN NEEOur old history ends with the Cross; our new history begins with the resurrection.
More Watchman Nee Quotes
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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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Negligence in prayer withers the inner man. Nothing can be a substitute for it, not even Christian work.
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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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True revelation of the fact of the Spirit’s indwelling will revolutionize the life of any Christian.
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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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Take 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.
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Lord, I am willing to break my heart in order that I may satisfy Thy heart!
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Formerly I regarded it miserable business to be a Christian, but now I think differently. Once I thought certain things delightful, now I think them vile. Once I thought other things utterly worthless, now I think them most precious. That is a change of mind, and that is repentance.
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Whatever the mind sets itself on is what the man walks after.
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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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Actually, only God can satisfy a Christian’s heart; man cannot.
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Why do so many Christians pray such tiny prayers when their God is so big?
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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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Oh, Lord, you have indeed been gracious to me.
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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 greatest negative in the universe is the Cross, for with it God wiped out everything that was not of Himself: the greatest positive in the universe is the resurrection, for through it God brought into being all.
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Separation to God, separation from the world, is the first principle of Christian living.
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All satanic works are performed from the outside inward; all divine works from the inside outward.
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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,
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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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Let us ask Him to deliver us from the many external and fragmentary affairs that we may touch only Him.
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We must have a spirit of power towards the enemy, a spirit of love towards men, and a spirit of self-control towards ourselves.
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The life of faith is not only totally different from, but also diametrically opposite to, a life of feeling.
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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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I have been defeated; in Christ, I am already victorious. How meaningful are the words, “in Christ.”
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