The Spirit is both a builder and a dweller. He cannot dwell where he has not built; He builds to dwell and dwells in only what he has built. Watchman Nee More Quotes by Watchman Nee More Quotes From Watchman Nee The note of hallelujah must never be in short supply in the spirit of the believer. Watchman Nee hallelujahnotesspirit 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. Watchman Nee perseverancestrongprayer With complete consecration comes perfect peace. Watchman Nee consecrationchristianityperfect In the matter of fellowship God looks not at how much we apprehend of His will but rather at what our attitude towards His will is. If we honestly seek and wholeheartedly obey His desires, our fellowship remains unbroken, even though there should be many unknown sins in us. Should fellowship be determined by the holiness of God, who among all the most holy saints in the past and the present would be qualified to hold a moment's perfect communion with Him? Watchman Nee perfectattitudepast Grace means that God does something for me; law means that I do something for God. God has certain holy and righteous demands which he places upon me: that is law. Now if law means that God requires something of me for their fulfillment, then deliverance from law means he no longer requires that from me, but himself provides it. Watchman Nee gracelawmean 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 Nee humilitysonjesus Let 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 prayer meeting some brothers and sisters may mention a great many subjects for prayer. But if you are not touched inwardly, you cannot pray. Watchman Nee brothersecretprayer If we just had more revelation of what we already have, there would be far less prayers and far more praise. Watchman Nee prayerwould-bepraise An unpeaceful mind cannot operate normally. Watchman Nee one-linechristianmind At times it seems we require more grace to lose our wealth than to lose our life! Watchman Nee our-liveswealthgrace 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 easterbelieveson Often the children of God cannot rise up to answer the Lord's call to service simply because, though their physical condition is good, their feelings are low, cold, and reluctant. Or even when their emotions are quite high, passionate, and willing, they find themselves unable to serve the Lord because now the body reacts lazily. The disciples found themselves in precisely that situation in the Garden of Gethsemane: "the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak" Watchman Nee gardenfeelingschildren 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 soulwantmen All satanic works are performed from the outside inward; all divine works from the inside outward. Watchman Nee satanicinwarddivine Teach us to pray that we may cause The enemy to flee, That we his evil power may bind, His prisoners to free. Watchman Nee prayerevilenemy True revelation of the fact of the Spirit's indwelling will revolutionize the life of any Christian. Watchman Nee spiritchristianfacts Frequently what we say is rest is merely laziness. Our body requires respite and so does our mind and spirit. But a person should never rest because of a laziness which arises from the evil nature in his emotion. How often laziness and emotional distaste for work join to employ physical fatigue as a cover-up. Watchman Nee emotionalevilmind Do not be taken in or flattered by your own success or fame. Take not only as to whether or not the old creation, including everything which comes by birth, has gone through the cross. Watchman Nee pridetakengone How easily we make things as way, truth, and life. Or, we call hot atmosphere as life, we label clear thought as life. We consider strong emotion or outward conduct as life. In reality, though, these are not life. We ought to realize that only the Lord is life. Christ is our life. And it is the Lord who lives out this life in us. Let us ask Him to deliver us from the many external and fragmentary affairs that we may touch only Him. May we see the Lord in all things-way, truth, and life are all found in knowing Him. May we really meet the Son of God and let Him live in us. Amen. Watchman Nee strongrealityson Frequently 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 severe blow upon spiritual life. Watchman Nee forgivenessspiritualchristian
