Watchman Nee Quotes

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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, I am weak; in Christ, I am strong. Outside of Christ, I cannot; in Christ, I am more than able. Outside of Christ, I have been defeated; in Christ, I am already victorious. How meaningful are the words, "in Christ."

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  Strength, God, Faith

  Watchman Nee (1999). “Secrets to Spiritual Power: From the Writings of Watchman Nee”, p.74, Whitaker House

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• I 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 wisdom, send me.

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  God, Wisdom, Religious

  Watchman Nee (2009). “The Normal Christian Life”, p.83, CLC Publications

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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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  Character, Needs, Tests

  Watchman Nee (1993). “The collected works of Watchman Nee”

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• Good is not always God's will, but God's will is always good.

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  God's Will

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• To bear the cross means that you refrain from doing what you have the power to do. You are qualified to fulfill your desire, yet you refrain from doing so. 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.

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  Mean, Desire, Able

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• Negligence in prayer withers the inner man. Nothing can be a substitute for it, not even Christian work. Many are so preoccupied with work that they allow little time for prayer. Hence they cannot cast out demons. Prayer enables us first inwardly to overcome the enemy and then outwardly to deal with him.

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  Christian, Prayer, Men

  Watchman Nee (1993). “The Finest of the Wheat, vol 2 - Hardcover: Selected Excerpts from the Published Works of Watchman Nee”, p.66, Christian Fellowship Publishers

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• The 'flesh' is too bad to be cleansed; it must be crucified.

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  Flesh

  Watchman Nee (2009). “The Normal Christian Life”, p.16, CLC Publications

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• God is not seeking a display of my Christ-likeness , but a manifestation of His Christ.

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  Christ, Manifestation, Seeking

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• There is nothing more tragic than to come to the end of life and know we have been on the wrong course.

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  End Of Life, Ends, Tragic

  Watchman Nee (2009). “The Normal Christian Life”, p.81, CLC Publications

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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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  Men, Self, Enemy

  Watchman Nee (1993). “The Finest of the Wheat, vol 2 - Hardcover: Selected Excerpts from the Published Works of Watchman Nee”, p.85, Christian Fellowship Publishers

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• Repentance means a change of mind. Formerly, I thought sin as a pleasant thing, but now I have changed my mind about it. Formerly, I thought the world an attractive place, but now I know better. 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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  Christian, Mean, Thinking

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• The breaking of the alabaster box and the anointing of the Lord filled the house with the odor, with the sweetest odor. Everyone could smell it. Whenever you meet someone who has really suffered; been limited, gone through things for the Lord, willing to be imprisoned by the Lord, just being satisfied with Him and nothing else, immediately you scent the fragrance. There is a savor of the Lord. Something has been crushed, something has been broken, and there is a resulting odor of sweetness.

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  Pain, Smell, Broken

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• It does not matter what your personal deficiency, or whether it be a hundred and one different things, God has always one sufficient answer, His Son Jesus Christ, and he is the answer to every need.

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  Jesus, Son, Doe

  Watchman Nee (2009). “The Normal Christian Life”, p.143, CLC Publications

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• Not until we take the place of a servant can He take His place as Lord.

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  Lord, Servant

  Watchman Nee (2009). “The Normal Christian Life”, p.116, CLC Publications

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• A Christian life is an unending engagement on the battlefield.

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  Christian, Engagement, Life Is

  Watchman Nee (2009). “Journeying Towards the Spiritual: A Digest of the Spiritual Man in 42 Lessons”, p.151, Christian Fellowship Publishers

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• Separation to God, separation from the world, is the first principle of Christian living.

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  Christian, Principles, World

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• We should not open our mouths too hastily upon approaching God. On the contrary, we first must ask God to show us what and how to pray before we make our request known to Him. Have we not consumed a great deal of time in the past asking for what we wanted? Why not now ask for what God wants?

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  Prayer, Past, Why Not

  "The Spiritual Man".

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• The Blood deals with what we have done, whereas the Cross deals with what we are. The Blood disposes of our sins, while the Cross strikes at the root of our capacity for sin.

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  Blood, Christ On The Cross, Roots

  Watchman Nee (2009). “The Normal Christian Life”, p.10, CLC Publications

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• The Christian experience, from start to finish, is a journey of faith.

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  Christian, Journey

  Watchman Nee (2006). “Journeying Towards the Spiritual: A Digest of the Spiritual Man in 42 Lessons”, p.161, Christian Fellowship Publishers

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• Our old history ends with the Cross; our new history begins with the resurrection.

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  Easter, Resurrection, Crosses

  Watchman Nee (2009). “The Normal Christian Life”, p.37, CLC Publications

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• The book of Acts is the best aid in approaching our work. We do not find there anyone consecrating himself as a preacher nor anyone deciding to do the Lord's work by making himself a missionary or a pastor. What we do see is the Holy Spirit Himself appointing and sending men out to do the work.

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  Book, Men, Religion

  Watchman Nee (2006). “Journeying Towards the Spiritual: A Digest of the Spiritual Man in 42 Lessons”, p.89, Christian Fellowship Publishers

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• Man's thought is always of the punishment that will come to him if he sins. But God's thought is always of the glory man will miss if he sins. God's purpose for redemption is glory, glory, glory.

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  Men, Missing, Purpose

  "The Normal Christian Life".

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• The 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 Nicolaitans. In the Bible there are only brothers. There is the gift of a pastor, but no system of pastors. The pastoral system is man's tradition. If the children of God are not willing to return to the position of that in the beginning, no matter what they do, it will not be right.

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  Brother, Children, Father

  Watchman Nee (1996). “The Orthodoxy of the Church”, p.38, Living Stream Ministry

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• Often Satan injects pride into the believer's spirit, evoking in him an attitude of self-importance and of self-conceit. He causes him to esteem himself a very outstanding person, one who is indispensable in God's work. Such a spirit constitutes one of the major reasons for the fall of believers.

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  Attitude, Fall, Pride

  Watchman Nee (2009). “The Spiritual Man”, p.555, Christian Fellowship Publishers

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• Why do so many Christians pray such tiny prayers when their God is so big?

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  Encouraging, Christian, Encouragement

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