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The child of God ought to confess his weakness that he does not know how to pray, and petition the Holy Spirit to teach him.

The child of God ought to confess his weakness that he does not know how to pray, and petition the Holy Spirit to teach him.

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Prayer, Children, Weakness
Watchman Nee (2009). “Journeying Towards the Spiritual: A Digest of the Spiritual Man in 42 Lessons”, p.148, Christian Fellowship Publishers

The system of fathers of the world church, the clergy system of the state church, and the pastoral system of the independent churches are all the same in nature. They are all Nicolaitans. In the Bible there are only brothers. There is the gift of a pastor, but no system of pastors. The pastoral system is man's tradition. If the children of God are not willing to return to the position of that in the beginning, no matter what they do, it will not be right.

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Brother, Children, Father
Watchman Nee (1996). “The Orthodoxy of the Church”, p.38, Living Stream Ministry

As God's child advances spiritually be shall discover that the Lord's time is as important as the Lord's will. Do not rashly beget an Ishmael lest he become the greatest enemy to Isaac.

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Prayer, Children, Enemy
Watchman Nee (2009). “The Spiritual Man”, p.665, Christian Fellowship Publishers

Often the children of God cannot rise up to answer the Lord's call to service simply because, though their physical condition is good, their feelings are low, cold, and reluctant. Or even when their emotions are quite high, passionate, and willing, they find themselves unable to serve the Lord because now the body reacts lazily. The disciples found themselves in precisely that situation in the Garden of Gethsemane: "the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak"

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Children, Garden, Feelings
Watchman Nee (2009). “The Spiritual Man”, p.356, Christian Fellowship Publishers

Prayer is work. The experiences of many children of God demonstrate that it accomplishes far more than does any other form of work. It is also warfare, for it is one of the weapons in fighting the enemy. However, only prayer in the spirit is genuinely effectual.

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Prayer, Children, Fighting

Children of God should not make a general confession by acknowledging their innumerable sins in a vague manner, because such confession does not provide conscience opportunity to do its perfect work. They ought to allow the Holy Spirit through their conscience to point out their sins one by one. Christians must accept its reproach and be willing, according to the mind of the Spirit, to eliminate everything which is contrary to God.

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Christian, Children, Opportunity
Watchman Nee (2009). “The Spiritual Man”, p.496, Christian Fellowship Publishers

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.

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Prayer, Children, Believe
Watchman Nee (1993). “The Finest of the Wheat, vol 2: Selected Excerpts from the Published Works of Watchman Nee”, p.50, Christian Fellowship Publishers

Nothing is wrong with the inlet: It is the outlet that is obstructed. The water of life does not spring forth because the flow has no way through. Were the outlet cleared, the water of life would flow unceasingly. What a child of God needs is not more life but more flow of life.

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Children, Spring, Water Of Life
Watchman Nee (2009). “The Spiritual Man”, p.569, Christian Fellowship Publishers

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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Children, Anxiety, Overcoming
Watchman Nee (2009). “The Spiritual Man”, p.370, Christian Fellowship Publishers

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