Watchman NeeTo keep our hand on the plow while wiping away our tears -- THAT is Christianity!371Love
Watchman NeeThey spend more time in analyzing, in collecting materials, and in hard thinking than on prayer, on seeking God's mind, and on waiting for the power from above.372PoliticsThoughtTime
Watchman NeeOvercoming sin, blessed though it surely is, is but the bare minimum of a believers experience. There is nothing astonishing in it. Not to overcome sin is what ought to astonish u… ▶372Life
Watchman NeeFrequently the enemy entices Christians to harbor an unforgiving spirit - a very common symptom indeed among God's children. Such bitterness and fault-finding and enmity inflict a… ▶341Life
Watchman NeeSo we can say, reverently, that God never gave us the Law to keep: he gave us the Law to break! He well knew that we could not keep it. ✨ Watchman Nee (2009). The Normal Chr… ▶374LifePolitics
Watchman NeeOne gains by losing self for others and not by hoarding for oneself. ✨ Watchman Nee (2009). The Spiritual Man, p.370, Christian Fellowship Publishers375Philosophy
Watchman NeeEternal life means more than mere future blessing to be enjoyed by believers; it is equally a kind of spiritual ability.353HopeLifeTime
Watchman NeeSeparation to God, separation from the world, is the first principle of Christian living.312Life
Watchman NeeI do not consecrate myself to be a missionary or a preacher. I consecrate myself to God to do His will where I am, be it in school, office, or kitchen, or wherever He may, in His … ▶345LifePhilosophy
Watchman NeeWe work because we have not seen the work of Christ. ✨ Watchman Nee (2009). The Normal Christian Life, p.100, CLC Publications346Life
Watchman NeeOnly those who are spiritual perceive the reality of the spiritual foe and hence engage in battle. Such warfare is not fought with arms of the flesh. Because the conflict is spiri… ▶346Truth
Watchman NeeOn at least four separate occasions and recorded in the four Gospels the Lord Jesus called His disciples to deny their soul life, deliver it to death, and then to follow Him. 291DeathLife
Watchman NeeThe attitude of saints toward their possessions most assuredly signifies whether they continue to preserve their self life or whether they have consigned it to death. ✨ Watc… ▶313DeathLife
Watchman NeeNever adopt an attitude of indifference, for if you do you will suffer for it. The weight will grow heavier and heavier. ✨ Watchman Nee (2009). The Spiritual Man, p.550, Chr… ▶335Thought
Watchman NeeWhen a believer has crossed into the domain of the spiritual he daily ought to maintain a combat attitude in his spirit, praying therewith for the overthrow of all the works of Sa… ▶291Politics
Watchman NeeOh, Lord, you have indeed been gracious to me. ✨ Watchman Nee (2012). The Joyful Heart: Through the Year with Watchman Nee, CLC Publications379Love
Watchman NeeThe system of fathers of the world church, the clergy system of the state church, and the pastoral system of the independent churches are all the same in nature. They are all Nico… ▶291LifePoliticsTime
Watchman NeeNot by gain our life is measured, But by what we've lost 'Tis scored; 'Tis not how much wine is drunken But how much has been outpoured. For the strength of love never standeth In… ▶291LifeLove
Watchman NeeGod will answer all our questions in one way and one way only. Namely, by showing us more of his Son. ✨ Watchman Nee (1992). The Finest of the Wheat, vol 1 - Hardcover: Sele… ▶325Thought
Watchman NeeIf you perform your part, God will fulfill His. And once you put off specifically, you should just as thoroughly believe that God will renew your mind, despite the fact you know n… ▶3710ThoughtTruth
Watchman NeeTo remove warfare from a spiritual life is to render it unspiritual. Life in the spirit is a suffering way, filled with watching and laboring, burdened by weariness and trial, pun… ▶359LifeLove
Watchman NeeLet us recognize this one thing: burden is the secret of prayer. If a person does not feel within him burden to pray for a particular matter he can hardly succeed in prayer. In a … ▶3610Truth
Watchman NeeWhy do so many Christians pray such tiny prayers when their God is so big?337Life
Watchman NeeThe Christian experience, from start to finish, is a journey of faith. ✨ Watchman Nee (2006). Journeying Towards the Spiritual: A Digest of the Spiritual Man in 42 Lessons, … ▶315HopeLife
Watchman NeeLord, I am willing to break my heart in order that I may satisfy Thy heart! ✨ The Normal Christian Life.348LifeLove
Watchman NeeIrrespective of how we physiologically are made, even possessing special weaknesses, we can overcome our sins through the Lord.348Life
Watchman NeeWithout this heart attitude it is exceedingly difficult for us to accept the circumcision of the flesh. Every affection, desire, thought, knowledge, intent, worship, and work of t… ▶338LoveThought
Watchman NeeThe 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 th… ▶283Life
Watchman NeeOur prayers lay the track down which Gods power can come. Like a mighty locomotive, his power is irresistible, but it cannot reach us without rails. ✨ Watchman Nee (1993). T… ▶317Politics
Watchman NeeThe cares of this life emerge as very small items indeed along our daily path. ✨ Watchman Nee (2009). The Spiritual Man, p.322, Christian Fellowship Publishers339Life
