Quotessence
Home / Authors / Watchman Nee
Watchman Nee

Watchman Nee Quotes

Author

Filter quotes by topic

AllSpiritChristianLordPrayerHolyMenHoly SpiritIfsChristSpiritualBelieverShouldSinMayJesusMindCrossesDoeNeedsOught

Famous Watchman Nee Quotes

“I need forgiveness for my sins, but I need also deliverance from the power of sin... I appreciate the blessed fact of God's forgiveness, but I want something more than that: I want deliverance. I need forgiveness for what I have done, but I need also deliverance from what I am.”

WantNeedsDoneFactsSinAppreciateBlessedWant SomethingDeliverance
Book:The Finest of the Wheat, vol 2 - Hardcover: Selected Excerpts from the Published Works of Watchman Nee
Create image

“In order for the inner man to be strengthened with power through the Holy Spirit, the children of God must discharge their responsibility. They need to yield specifically to the Lord, forsake every doubtful aspect in their life, be willing to obey fully God's will, and believe through prayer that He will flood their spirit with His power.”

MenNeedsBelieveChildrenLife IsSpiritOrderPrayerResponsibilityLordWillingHolyAspectGods WillHoly SpiritYieldFloodChild Of GodDoubtfulForsakeDischarge
Book:The Finest of the Wheat, vol 2: Selected Excerpts from the Published Works of Watchman Nee
Create image

“All spiritual prayers have their source in God. God makes known to us what we ought to pray by unfolding to us the need and by giving that need as a burden in our intuitive spirit. Only an intuitive burden can constitute our call to pray.”

NeedsGivingSpiritualSpiritPrayerKnownSourceOughtPrayingBurdenIntuitiveUnfolding
Book:Journeying Towards the Spiritual: A Digest of the Spiritual Man in 42 Lessons
Create image

“You should accordingly exercise your mind to remember your friends, relatives, and fellow-workers to determine if they are in need. As you remember each one so shall you in turn intercede for them. If in interceding on their behalf your spirit remains cold and dry, then you know you are not to pray for them.”

IfsKnowsNeedsShouldMindRememberSpiritTurnsPrayerColdPrayingExerciseFellowsRemainsWorkersDetermineDryBehalfFellow Workers
Book:The Spiritual Man
Create image

“To walk after the spirit a believer must inhibit his mind from revolving endlessly. If it turns too long around one topic, worries or grieves too much over matters, and ponders too intensively to know God's will, it may become unbearable and hamper its normal operation. The mind needs to be kept in a steady and secure state.”

IfsKnowsNeedsMindMayLongMatterStatesSpiritTurnsPrayerWalksWorryToo MuchNormalBelieverGods WillSecureOperationsGrievingSteadyTopicsUnbearableKnowing GodPonderingRevolvingHamper
Book:Journeying Towards the Spiritual: A Digest of the Spiritual Man in 42 Lessons
Create image