Expecting the Lord's Blessing

by Watchman Nee

Excellent Book

21 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1999

About the author

Watchman Nee (Chinese: 倪柝聲; pinyin: Ní Tuòshēng; Foochow Romanized: Ngà̤ Táuk-sĭng; 1903–1972) was a Chinese Christian author and church leader during the early 20th century. He spent the last 20 years of his life in prison and was severely persecuted by the Communists in China. Together with Wangzai, Zhou-An Lee, Shang-Jie Song, and others, Nee founded The Church Assembly Hall, later which would be also known as the "Local churches" (Chinese: 地方教會). or more commonly as (聚會所) meaning "assembly hall"

Born into a Methodist family, Watchman Nee experienced a religious revival, and joined the Church of Heavenly Peace, Fuzhou in 1920 at age 17 and began writing in the same year. In 1921, he met the British missionary M. E. Barber, who was a great influence on him. Through Miss Barber, Nee was introduced to many of the Christian writings which were to have a profound influence on him and his teachings. Nee attended no theological schools or Bible institutes. His knowledge was acquired through studying the Bible and reading various Christian spiritual books. During his 30 years of ministry, beginning in 1922, Nee traveled throughout China planting churches among the rural communities and holding Christian conferences and trainings in Shanghai. In 1952 he was imprisoned for his faith; he remained in prison until his death in 1972.

Reviews

[Brice Karickhoff · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was a great little book on how important it is to receive the Lords blessing. The big point was that we can be right in what we think about or do with regards to some matter, but still not receive God’s blessing in that matter. Particularly, God desires unity in His church, so in some cases, if we desire to prove ourselves right at the expense of unity, we may frustrate Gods blessing. This was a great reminder for me specifically!

I only give this book three stars because I’ll never love a book that is so short. I’m so bad at just taking an authors point at face value without seeing them substantiate it. If it’s a Christian book I want verse references. If it’s an economics book I want journal citations. This little book read like a letter sent from one friend to another to recap a much longer conversation that they had a few days prior, which is great, but ultimately not my kind of book.

[Elizabeth Ekeoseye · Rating 4 out of 5]

It was an impactful exposition.