More Quotes by Watchman Nee
The cross grants us position, the Holy Spirit gives us experience.
We must have a spirit of power towards the enemy, a spirit of love towards men, and a spirit of self-control towards ourselves.
How true it is that without the guidance of the Holy Spirit intellect not only is undependable but also extremely dangerous, because it often confuses the issue of right and wrong.
Good is not always God's will, but God's will is always good.
The 'flesh' is too bad to be cleansed; it must be crucified.
To keep our hand on the plow while wiping away our tears -- THAT is Christianity!
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.
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.
Separation to God, separation from the world, is the first principle of Christian living.
God is not seeking a display of my Christ-likeness , but a manifestation of His Christ.
