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 NEEFormerly 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.
More Watchman Nee Quotes
-
-
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.
WATCHMAN NEE -
Good is not always God’s will, but God’s will is always good.
WATCHMAN NEE -
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.!
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 -
It does not matter what your personal deficiency, or whether it be a hundred and one different things,
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 -
The cross grants us position, the Holy Spirit gives us experience.
WATCHMAN NEE -
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,
WATCHMAN NEE -
May we always be possessed by the consciousness that we are not our own.
WATCHMAN NEE -
Samson is not alone in the history of man in failing in this regard. Delilah is still cutting the hair of man today!
WATCHMAN NEE -
The life of faith is not only totally different from, but also diametrically opposite to, a life of feeling.
WATCHMAN NEE -
Victory is the normal experience of a Christian; defeat should be the abnormal experience.
WATCHMAN NEE -
People who are lazy, careless, doubtful-minded or arrogant need not expect God to reveal His secret or covenant to them.
WATCHMAN NEE -
Numerous Christians do not know how to glorify God in their eating and drinking. They do not eat and drink simply to keep their body fit for the Lord’s use but indulge to satisfy their personal desires.
WATCHMAN NEE -
A person like this is the strongest person. The strongest person is not the one who is able to do something, but the one who is able not to do what he has the power to do.
WATCHMAN NEE






