It is preferable for a small group to have no more than twelve people. Five or six is the best, seven or eight is fine, and even eight or ten is good. Because we love Him and mean business with Him, we should daily pray, read the Word, learn the truth, see the light, experience Christ, and labor on Christ. Then when we come together, we will have experiences to share, rather than being an “audience” waiting for others to speak.
(On Home Meetings, chapter 1)
“In order for us to enrich, strengthen, enliven, refresh, and uplift our meetings, we need to use the hymns. We have seen that according to 1 Corinthians 14:26 and Hebrews 10:25, we need both speaking and singing in our meetings. The speaking is not only the speaking of the word of God or the speaking forth of Christ but also the speaking of the hymns. The first item listed by Paul in 1 Corinthians 14:26 is a psalm. A psalm is poetry. In both Ephesians 5:19 and Colossians 3:16, we are charged to speak in hymns. This indicates that the saints in the early Christian meetings used a lot of hymns. Many times we may not be able to find a verse or some verses in the Bible to meet the real need in the meeting, but we can easily find a hymn to meet the need. This is why we have to know the hymns. If we use the hymns adequately and properly in our meetings, they will be uplifted, enlivened, and refreshed.”
(Speaking Christ for the Building Up of the Body of Christ, p. 73)
“The Lord’s work is only the outflow of life. It’s not a matter of working for the Lord, but of letting the Lord work in you.”
(Watchman Nee)
“The requirement to work for the Lord is not to work.”
“Whoever cannot stop working for the sake of God cannot work for the sake of God.”
“Whenever God delays in telling me His will, I find that I still have a disobedient heart and an improper motive within me.”
She often asked brother Nee, “do you love God’s will?” She did not ask, “do you obey His will?”
“The secret to understanding the will of God is that 95% is a matter of submitting to the will of God, and only 5% is a matter of understanding.”
When I was first saved, I heard a story about a young girl who knew the meaning of victory very well. During the Keswick Convention, a man asked the little girl how she overcame when the devil came to her. She answered, “In the past, if the devil came to knock at my front door, as soon as he knocked, I would say, ‘Don’t come in. Don’t come in.’ But the result was always a failure. Now when the devil knocks at my door, I say, ‘Lord, You open the door for me.’ If the Lord opens the door, and the devil sees the Lord, he will say, ‘Sorry, I came to the wrong door,’ and he will run away.”
(The Overcoming Life, ch. 6)
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