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The cross grants us position, the Holy Spirit gives us experience. — Watchman Nee

In Fascism the State is not a night-watchman, only occupied with the personal safety of the citizens. — Benito Mussolini

We must have a spirit of power towards the enemy, a spirit of love towards men, and a spirit of self-control towards ourselves. — Watchman Nee

A spiritual Christian should welcome any burden which the Lord brings his way. — Watchman Nee

Whenever man touches God's delegated authority he touches God within that person; sinning against delegated authority is sinning against God. — Watchman Nee

If you don't doubt it, be 'bout it. Intuition is soul's watchman. — T.F. Hodge

to offer one-tenth to God; but under the new covenant, ten-tenths are required. — Watchman Nee

True revelation of the fact of the Spirit's indwelling will revolutionize the life of any Christian. — Watchman Nee

Victory is the normal experience of a Christian; defeat should be the abnormal experience. — Watchman Nee

The child of God ought to confess his weakness that he does not know how to pray, and petition the Holy Spirit to teach him. — Watchman Nee

The burden imparted by God is lifted once we have prayed, but the heaviness from the enemy cannot be raised unless we fight and resist in prayer. — Watchman Nee

All satanic works are performed from the outside inward; all divine works from the inside outward. — Watchman Nee

The duty of a journalist is the duty of a watchman. — William Thomas Stead

Our 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

Were our spirits hardy we would be able to meet the most disturbing situation with peace and rest. — Watchman Nee

The first and foremost sign of new birth in anyone is that he knows God intuitively, for his spirit has been quickened. — Watchman Nee

When the fruit of your service is out of all proportion to the gifts you possess, THAT is Blessing! — Watchman Nee

God asks for men who are totally broken and who will follow Him even to death to work for Him ... — Watchman Nee

Prayer does not alter that which God has determined; it never changes anything. It merely achieves what He has already foreordained. — Watchman Nee

power of the Holy Spirit is superabundant. — Watchman Nee

May we always be possessed by the consciousness that we are not our own. — Watchman Nee

To keep our hand on the plow while wiping away our tears
THAT is Christianity! — Watchman Nee

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

The Christian experience, from start to finish, is a journey of faith. — Watchman Nee

An unpeaceful mind cannot operate normally. — Watchman Nee

He that is more frequent in his pulpit to his people than he is in his closet for his people, is but a sorry watchman. — John Owen

It's one of the tragic ironies of the theatre that only one man in it can count on steady work - the night watchman. — Tallulah Bankhead

Every true work is not done to the poor. Every true work is done to Me. — Watchman Nee

A Christian life is an unending engagement on the battlefield. — Watchman Nee

We should try our best to pour out all the burdens in our spirit by prayer until all of them have left us. — Watchman Nee

A born-again person ought to possess unspeakable peace in the spirit. — Watchman Nee

If Christ lives in us, we will rejoice in everything, and we will thank and praise the Lord. We will say, 'Hallelujah! Praise the Lord' forever. — Watchman Nee

We're all of us going to hell, it's just a question of time. — Harper Lee

The cares of this life emerge as very small items indeed along our daily path. — Watchman Nee

Natural strength is what we receive from the hand of God as Creator. Spiritual strength is what we receive from God in grace. — Watchman Nee

The fruit of the Spirit is ... self-control — Watchman Nee

We work because we have not seen the work of Christ. — Watchman Nee

Attempting to follow Him without denying the self is the root of all failures. — Watchman Nee

Our old history ends with the Cross; our new history begins with the resurrection. — Watchman Nee

To secure one's freedom the Christian must experience God's light which is God's truth. — Watchman Nee

Any action which lacks in obedience is a fall, and any act of disobedience is rebellion. — Watchman Nee

The reason for so many defeats in the spiritual realm is because this sector of the soul has not been dealt with drastically. — Watchman Nee

At times it seems we require more grace to lose our wealth than to lose our life! — Watchman Nee

A mistaken thought may be corrected easily, but an errant affection is nearly unmanageable. — Watchman Nee

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

I want nothing for myself; I want everything for the Lord. — Watchman Nee

Irrespective of how we physiologically are made, even possessing special weaknesses, we can overcome our sins through the Lord. — Watchman Nee

So 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

Eternal life means more than mere future blessing to be enjoyed by believers; it is equally a kind of spiritual ability. — Watchman Nee

A world she despised, could not comprehend, nor defend herself against. a world that did not want her — Harper Lee

Many Christians are unaware how drastically the cross must work so that ultimately their natural power for living may be denied. — Watchman Nee

Outside Christ, I am empty; in Christ, I am full. — Watchman Nee

By the time the average Christian gets his temperature up to normal, everybody thinks he has a fever! — Watchman Nee

Baptism is an outward expression of an inward faith. — Watchman Nee

And it is through conflict that God induces the believer to seek and to grasp total triumph in Christ. — Watchman Nee

Every man's island, Jean Louise, every man's watchman, is his conscience. There is no such thing as a collective conscious. — Harper Lee

Our bread is not only the Word of God, our meat is not only to do His will, our bread is also ... the difficulties that are in our way. — Watchman Nee

Frequently the burden or concern in the spirit is for prayer. — Watchman Nee

How long the night to the watchman, How long the road to the weary traveller, How long the wandering of many lives To the fool who misses the way. — Gautama Buddha

We may infer from any defeat of ours that it is due either to lack of faith or failure to obey. No other reason can suffice. — Watchman Nee

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

With complete consecration comes perfect peace. — Watchman Nee

Faith in Christ makes one a regenerated believer; obedience to the Holy Spirit makes him a spiritual believer. — Watchman Nee

The Christian faith begins not with a big DO but with a big DONE. — Watchman Nee

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

Baptism is faith in action. — Watchman Nee

The note of hallelujah must never be in short supply in the spirit of the believer. — Watchman Nee

If you would test the character of anything, you only need to enquire whether that thing leads you to God or away from God. — Watchman Nee

Love, though said to be afflicted with blindness, is a vigilant watchman. — Charles Dickens

Oh, Lord, you have indeed been gracious to me. — Watchman Nee

The idea of waste only comes into our Christianity when we underestimate the worth of our Lord. — Watchman Nee

I must first have the sense of God's possession of me before I can have the sense of His presence with me. — Watchman Nee

It is because we know God's will that we may say to Him: God, we want You to do this thing, we are determined that You do it, You cannot but do it. — Watchman Nee

Neither our psychology nor that of the unbelievers can impart life to them. Unless the Holy Spirit Himself performs the work, all is vain. — Watchman Nee

Whatever the mind sets itself on is what the man walks after. — Watchman Nee

Good is not always God's will, but God's will is always good. — Watchman Nee

True spiritual life depends not on probing our feelings and thoughts from dawn to dusk but on 'looking off' to the Savior! — Watchman Nee

Long-lasting victory can never be separated from a long-lasting stand on the foundation of the cross. — Watchman Nee

The life of faith can be called the life of the will since faith is impervious to how one feels but chooses through volition to obey God's mind. — Watchman Nee

Many confuse understanding with believing. — Watchman Nee

So, on the eastern summit, clad in gray, morn, like a horseman girt for travel, comes, and from his tower of mist night's watchman hurries down. — Henry Kirke White

Spiritual advancement is measured by faithful obedience. — Watchman Nee

The knowledge of Christ which is produced by man's own cleverness and wisdom is not a rock that can stand firm. — Watchman Nee

How many of us dare not use our time or money or talents as we would, because we realise they are the Lord's, not ours? — Watchman Nee

Let me say from conviction that tears are the outlet of the heart. — Watchman Nee

If you have not experienced the death of self, your spiritual life will have little real progress. — Watchman Nee

It is so easy to become more attached to the gifts of God than to the Giver - and even, I should add, to the work of God than to God Himself. — Watchman Nee

One gains by losing self for others and not by hoarding for oneself. — Watchman Nee

Our rest lies in looking to the Lord, not to ourselves. — 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

For many years I have been a night watchman of the Milky Way galaxy. — Bart Bok

Since this life is God's and cannot die, it follows that everyone born anew into possessing this life is said to have eternal life. — Watchman Nee

The 'flesh' is too bad to be cleansed; it must be crucified. — Watchman Nee

We left you there, lonely,
Beauty your power,
Wisdom your watchman,
To hold the clay tower.
from 'The Tale of the Tiger Tree — Vachel Lindsay

From the evening I was saved, I began to live a new life, for the life of the eternal God had entered into me. — Watchman Nee

Not until we take the place of a servant can He take His place as Lord. — Watchman Nee

The right attitude is this: that I have my own will, yet I will the will of God. — Watchman Nee

Do we not realize that the basic condition for a spiritual walk is to fear our self and its wisdom and to rely absolutely upon the Spirit? — Watchman Nee

If we just had more revelation of what we already have, there would be far less prayers and far more praise. — Watchman Nee

Separation to God, separation from the world, is the first principle of Christian living. — Watchman Nee