More Quotes by Watchman Nee
A Christian life is an unending engagement on the battlefield.
The 'flesh' is too bad to be cleansed; it must be crucified.
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.
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.
God is not seeking a display of my Christ-likeness , but a manifestation of His Christ.
The Christian life from start to finish is based upon this principle of utter dependence upon the Lord Jesus.
God asks for men who are totally broken and who will follow Him even to death to work for Him.
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.
To keep our hand on the plow while wiping away our tears -- THAT is Christianity!
We must have a spirit of power towards the enemy, a spirit of love towards men, and a spirit of self-control towards ourselves.
