Watchman Nee on Spiritual Authority

From Nee's 'ten commandments' of spiritual authority:

1. One who learns spiritual authority as the power base for ministry must recognise the essential Source of all authority: God.

7. People who are under God's authority look for and recognise spiritual authority and willingly place themselves under it.

8. Spiritual authority is never exercised for one's own benefit, but for those under it.

Berni Dymet on Lord's Prayer

He taught us to life God up before ourselves. To ask for God's absolute, pwerful rule to come; for His will to be done. I wonder whether this total abandonment of our own agendas, this glad submission to God no matter what it may cost us, is the key to unlocking the power of prayer.