"A drowning man cannot be saved until he……" — Watchman Nee
"A drowning man cannot be saved until he is utterly exhausted and ceases to make the slightest effort to save himself."
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150 Quotes by Watchman Nee
Watchman Nee has 150 quotes on this site.
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The right attitude is this: that I have my own will, yet I will the will of God.
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Without this heart attitude it is exceedingly difficult for us to accept the circumcision of the flesh. Every affection, desire,…
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Most soulish believers assume an attitude of self-righteousness, though often it is scarcely detectable. They hold tenaciously to their minute…
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The attitude of saints toward their possessions most assuredly signifies whether they continue to preserve their self life or whether…
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When a believer has crossed into the domain of the spiritual he daily ought to maintain a combat attitude in…
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In the matter of fellowship God looks not at how much we apprehend of His will but rather at what…
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Never adopt an attitude of indifference, for if you do you will suffer for it. The weight will grow heavier…
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Often Satan injects pride into the believer's spirit, evoking in him an attitude of self-importance and of self-conceit. He causes…
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God will answer all our questions in one way and one way only. Namely, by showing us more of his…
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On at least four separate occasions and recorded in the four Gospels the Lord Jesus called His disciples to deny…
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Because the Lord Jesus died on the Cross, I have received forgiveness of sins; because the Lord Jesus rose from…
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Teach us to pray that we may cause The enemy to flee, That we his evil power may bind, His…
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More Ceases Quotes
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one of 412 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:
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Where the state begins, individual liberty ceases, and vice versa.
— Mikhail Bakunin
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Once the curtain is raised, the actor is ceases to belong to himself. He belongs to his character, to his…
— Sarah Bernhardt
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I think the virtue I prize above all others is curiosity. If you look really hard at almost anybody, and…
— A. S. Byatt
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When new turns of behavior cease to appear in the life of the individual, its behavior ceases to be intelligent.
— Thomas Carlyle
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Daniel Day-Lewis is my favorite actor walking the planet right now. He never ceases to amaze me.
— Les Claypool
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Religion must mainly be a matter of principles only. It cannot be a matter of rules. The moment it degenerates…
— B R Ambedkar
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It wasn't until we got over the self pity that we were able to accept suffering as apart of our…
— Corazon Aquino
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The siren song of redistribution of wealth by centralized government never ceases for those who seek irreversible and unusurpable control…
— Unknown Author
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When a man ceases to believe in god, he does not believe in nothing. He believes in everything.
— Gilbert K. Chesterton
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God never ceases to speak to us, but the noise of the world without and the tumult of our passions…
— Francois Fenelon
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When the saint ceases to seek after holiness, purity, righteousness, truth; when he ceases to pray, stops reading the Word…
— Smith Wigglesworth
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Exactly at the instant when hope ceases to be reasonable it begins to be useful.
— Gilbert K. Chesterton
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