Watchman Nee, The Normal Christian Life Quotes

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.

I must first have the sense of God's possession of me before I can have the sense of His presence with me.

The idea of waste only comes into our Christianity when we underestimate the worth of our Lord.

God will not give me humility, or patience, or holiness, or love as separate investments of His grace. He has given only one gift to meet our need, His Son Christ Jesus.

Lord, I am willing to break MY heart that I might satisfy THY heart.

Man's thought is always of the punishment that will come to him if he sins. God's thought is always of the glory man will miss if he sins. God's purpose for redemption is glory, glory, glory.

We all have the same Christ dwelling within, but revelation of some new need will lead us spontaneously to trust Him to live out His life in in that particular.

We think in terms of apostolic journeys. God dares to put His greatest ambassadors in chains.

The author sees Joseph of Genesis as a type of Christ's Pentecostal power. He who was thought dead has been raised in power, and the power is evident in the chariot he sends for his own.