"To remove warfare from a spiritual life is……" — Watchman Nee
"To remove warfare from a spiritual life is to render it unspiritual. Life in the spirit is a suffering way, filled with watching and laboring, burdened by weariness and trial, punctuated by heartbreak and conflict. It is a life utterly outpoured for the kingdom of God and lived in complete disregard for one's personal happiness."
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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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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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The sovereign being is burdened with a servitude that crushes him, and the condition of free men is deliberate servility.
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For the poison of hatred seated near the heart doubles the burden for the one who suffers the disease; he…
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The winds that blow our billions away return burdened with themes of scorn and dispraise.
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Why should men leave great fortunes to their children? If this is done from affection, is it not misguided affection?…
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The dream acts as a safety-valve for the over-burdened brain.
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Prayer is the language of a man burdened with a sense of need.
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