"The child of God should not be overanxious……" — Watchman Nee
"The child of God should not be overanxious to make new gains; what he essentially requires is to keep what he already has, for not losing is itself a gain. The way to retain what he possesses is to engage it."
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150 Quotes by Watchman Nee
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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 Anxiety Quotes
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What the statesman is most anxious to produce is a certain moral character in his fellow citizens, namely a disposition…
— Aristotle
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Now is the age of anxiety.
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If some great catastrophe is not announced every morning, we feel a certain void. Nothing in the paper today, we…
— Lord Acton
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I know a lot of shows are like, 'Here's the pages,' right before they start filming. I'd have a heart…
— Alan Ball
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I have the normal complement of anxieties, neuroses, psychoses and whatever else - but I'm absolutely nothing special.
— Clive Barker
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Gather experience... Look at what you should not look at. A feeling of anxiety is the sure and certain evidence…
— Clive Barker
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First and foremost, the monk should own nothing in this world, but he should have as his possessions solitude of…
— Saint Basil
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Obama's economic policies obviously have not worked, and have left the American market place with enormous uncertainty and anxiety.
— Bob Beauprez
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Anything you're trying to will is focused on the future; it's always associated with some sort of anxiety that makes…
— Martha Beck
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Every tomorrow has two handles. We can take hold of it with the handle of anxiety or the handle of…
— Henry Ward Beecher
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The thinner the ice, the more anxious is everyone to see whether it will bear.
— Josh Billings
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A crust eaten in peace is better than a banquet partaken in anxiety.
— Aesop
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