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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• 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.

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  Spirit, Builder, Built

  Watchman Nee (2009). “The Spiritual Man”, p.339, Christian Fellowship Publishers

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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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• God will answer all our questions in one way and one way only. Namely, by showing us more of his Son.

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  Jesus, Son, Answers

  Watchman Nee (1992). “The Finest of the Wheat, vol 1 - Hardcover: Selected Excerpts from the Published Works of Watchman Nee”, p.203, Christian Fellowship Publishers

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• We think of the Christian life as a ‘changed life’ but it is not that. What God offers us is an ‘exchanged life,’ a ‘substituted life,’ and Christ is our Substitute within.

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  Christian, Thinking, Substitutes

  Watchman Nee (2006). “The Normal Christian Life”, p.119, Hendrickson 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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• 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 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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• To keep our hand on the plow while wiping away our tears -- THAT is Christianity!

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  Hands, Tears, Christianity

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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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  Believe, Secret, Spirit

  Watchman Nee (2009). “The Spiritual Man”, p.202, Christian Fellowship Publishers

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• The Christian faith begins not with a big DO but with a big DONE.

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  Christian, Done, Bigs

  Watchman Nee (2005). “A Table in the Wilderness”, p.23, CLC Publications

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