The Best Watchman Nee quotes

The Christian faith begins not with a big DO but with a big DONE. — Watchman Nee

Baptism is an outward expression of an inward faith. — Watchman Nee

The Christian experience, from start to finish, is a journey of faith. — Watchman Nee

We may infer from any defeat of ours that it is due either to lack of faith or failure to obey. No other reason can suffice. — Watchman Nee

Baptism is faith in action. — Watchman Nee

The sight of any trouble strikes terror into the heart of those who do not have faith, but those who trust Him say, ‘Here comes my food.! — Watchman Nee

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

An unpeaceful mind cannot operate normally. — Watchman Nee

If you perform your part, God will fulfill His. And once you put off specifically, you should just as thoroughly believe that God will renew your mind, despite the fact you know not how. — Watchman Nee

Whatever the mind sets itself on is what the man walks after. — Watchman Nee

They spend more time in analyzing, in collecting materials, and in hard thinking than on prayer, on seeking God’s mind, and on waiting for the power from above. — Watchman Nee

If the mind is open the individual will soon perceive the preciousness of a truth which initially appeared rather dull to him but now is illumined by the spirit’s light. — Watchman Nee

Because it has been so united with the devil it is vital for man to receive from God a change of mind before he can receive a new heart. — Watchman Nee

A born–again person ought to possess unspeakable peace in the spirit. — Watchman Nee

Now is the hour we should humbly prostrate ourselves before God, willing to be convicted afresh of our sins by the Holy Spirit. — Watchman Nee

We recognize already that regeneration of the spirit is the paramount need of man. — Watchman Nee

We should try our best to pour out all the burdens in our spirit by prayer until all of them have left us. — Watchman Nee

Just as the right relationship with Christ generates a Christian, so the proper relationship with the Holy Spirit breeds a spiritual man. — Watchman Nee

Frequently the burden or concern in the spirit is for prayer. — Watchman Nee

The Spirit is both a builder and a dweller. He cannot dwell where he has not built; He builds to dwell and dwells in only what he has built. — Watchman Nee

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. — Watchman Nee

Henceforth we are dead to everything pertaining to ourselves and alive to His Spirit alone. This requires our exercising faith. — Watchman Nee

The fruit of the Spirit is . . . self–control — Watchman Nee

With fear and trembling we must rely upon God for guidance in the inner depths. This is the sole way to walk according to the spirit. — Watchman Nee

Therefore, brethren, pray until God gives us revelation so that ‘knowing this’ in our spirit we may truly confess ‘that our old man has been crucified with him. — Watchman Nee

The more spiritual a child of God becomes, the more conscious he is of the significance of walking according to the spirit and the dangers of walking according to the flesh. — Watchman Nee

The note of hallelujah must never be in short supply in the spirit of the believer. — Watchman Nee

Believers must persevere in prayer that they may see clearly their own pitiful state and understand the indwelling, working, and demands of the Holy Spirit. — Watchman Nee

Were our spirits hardy we would be able to meet the most disturbing situation with peace and rest. — Watchman Nee

Do we not realize that the basic condition for a spiritual walk is to fear our self and its wisdom and to rely absolutely upon the Spirit? — Watchman Nee

The cross grants us position, the Holy Spirit gives us experience. — Watchman Nee

The particular sin of omission which gives ground to the evil spirits is the believer’s passivity. — Watchman Nee

Faith in Christ makes one a regenerated believer; obedience to the Holy Spirit makes him a spiritual believer. — Watchman Nee

We must have a spirit of power towards the enemy, a spirit of love towards men, and a spirit of self–control towards ourselves. — Watchman Nee

God not only wants to break the outer man…He wants our spirit and our soul…our inner man and outer man to be separated from each other. — Watchman Nee

Knowing the truth concerning the deep workings of the evil spirit helps the individual not only to overcome sins but to eliminate unnecessary afflictions as well. — Watchman Nee

The soul seeks to retain its authority and move independently, while the spirit strives to possess and master everything for the maintenance of God’s authority. — Watchman Nee

Actually, only God can satisfy a Christian’s heart; man cannot. — Watchman Nee

Every true work is not done to the poor. Every true work is done to Me. — Watchman Nee

All satanic works are performed from the outside inward; all divine works from the inside outward. — Watchman Nee

We work because we have not seen the work of Christ. — Watchman Nee

Neither our psychology nor that of the unbelievers can impart life to them. Unless the Holy Spirit Himself performs the work, all is vain. — Watchman Nee

Many Christians are unaware how drastically the cross must work so that ultimately their natural power for living may be denied. — Watchman Nee

God asks for men who are totally broken and who will follow Him even to death to work for Him. — Watchman Nee

It is highly dangerous to receive the truths of the Bible with human wisdom, for this is a hidden and subtle method which invariably causes a believer to perfect with his flesh the work of the Holy Spirit. — Watchman Nee

Without this heart attitude it is exceedingly difficult for us to accept the circumcision of the flesh. Every affection, desire, thought, knowledge, intent, worship, and work of the flesh must go to the cross. — Watchman Nee

Satan can only attack us from the outside in. He may work through the lust and sensations of the body or through the mind and emotion of the soul, for those two belong to the outward man. — Watchman Nee

We must be brought to a place where, naturally gifted though we may be, we dare not speak except in conscious and continual dependence on Him. — Watchman Nee

The daily life of the Christian can be summed up in one word: receive. — Watchman Nee

True revelation of the fact of the Spirit’s indwelling will revolutionize the life of any Christian. — Watchman Nee

If Christ lives in us, we will rejoice in everything, and we will thank and praise the Lord. We will say, ‘Hallelujah! Praise the Lord’ forever. — Watchman Nee

A Christian life is an unending engagement on the battlefield. — Watchman Nee

If you have not experienced the death of self, your spiritual life will have little real progress. — Watchman Nee

There is nothing more tragic than to come to the end of life and know we have been on the wrong course. — Watchman Nee

Eternal life means more than mere future blessing to be enjoyed by believers; it is equally a kind of spiritual ability. — Watchman Nee

At times it seems we require more grace to lose our wealth than to lose our life! — Watchman Nee

He who is able to accept everything gladly from the Lord–including darkness, dryness, flatness–and completely disregard self is he who lives for Him. — Watchman Nee

Since this life is God’s and cannot die, it follows that everyone born anew into possessing this life is said to have eternal life. — Watchman Nee

The attitude of saints toward their possessions most assuredly signifies whether they continue to preserve their self life or whether they have consigned it to death. — Watchman Nee

The life of faith is not only totally different from, but also diametrically opposite to, a life of feeling. — Watchman Nee

The cares of this life emerge as very small items indeed along our daily path. — Watchman Nee

From the evening I was saved, I began to live a new life, for the life of the eternal God had entered into me. — Watchman Nee

The Christian life from start to finish is based upon this principle of utter dependence upon the Lord Jesus. — Watchman Nee

True spiritual life depends not on probing our feelings and thoughts from dawn to dusk but on ‘looking off’ to the Savior! — Watchman Nee

The life of faith can be called the life of the will since faith is impervious to how one feels but chooses through volition to obey God’s mind. — Watchman Nee

Genuine spiritual knowledge lies not in wonderful and mysterious thoughts but in actual spiritual experience through union of the believer’s life with truth. — Watchman Nee

We think of the Christian life as a ‘changed life’ but it is not that. What God offers us is an ‘exchanged life,’ a ‘substituted life,’ and Christ is our Substitute within. — Watchman Nee

On at least four separate occasions and recorded in the four Gospels the Lord Jesus called His disciples to deny their soul life, deliver it to death, and then to follow Him. — Watchman Nee

Our old history ends with the Cross; our new history begins with the resurrection. — Watchman Nee

Long–lasting victory can never be separated from a long–lasting stand on the foundation of the cross. — Watchman Nee

The Blood deals with what we have done, whereas the Cross deals with what we are. The Blood disposes of our sins, while the Cross strikes at the root of our capacity for sin. — Watchman Nee

Do not be taken in or flattered by your own success or fame. Take not only as to whether or not the old creation, including everything which comes by birth, has gone through the cross. — Watchman Nee