Watchman Nee, Ni Tuosheng, or Nee T’o-sheng was a Chinese church leader and Christian teacher who worked in China during the 20th century. These inspirational Watchman Nee quotes will change your life.
Best Watchman Nee Quotes
- “Good is not always God’s will, but God’s will is always good.” – Watchman Nee
- “Outside Christ, I am empty; in Christ, I am full.” – Watchman Nee
- “With complete consecration comes perfect peace.” – Watchman Nee
- “Not until we take the place of a servant can He take His place as Lord.” – Watchman Nee
- “A born-again person ought to possess unspeakable peace in the spirit.” – Watchman Nee
- “An unpeaceful mind cannot operate normally.” – Watchman Nee
- “The particular sin of omission which gives ground to the evil spirits is the believer’s passivity.” – Watchman Nee
- “And it is through conflict that God induces the believer to seek and to grasp total triumph in Christ.” – Watchman Nee
- “Faith in Christ makes one a regenerated believer; obedience to the Holy Spirit makes him a spiritual believer.” – Watchman Nee
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“God is not seeking a display of my Christ-likeness, but a manifestation of His Christ.” – Watchman Nee
- “A Christian life is an unending engagement on the battlefield.” – Watchman Nee
- “I want nothing for myself; I want everything for the Lord.” – Watchman Nee
- “God has supplied all my needs and has not failed me once.” – Watchman Nee
- “May we always be possessed by the consciousness that we are not our own.” – Watchman Nee
- “God will answer all our questions in one way and one way only. Namely, by showing us more of his Son.” – Watchman Nee
- “We may be weak, but looking at our weakness will never make us strong.” – Watchman Nee
- “Our rest lies in looking to the Lord, not to ourselves.” – Watchman Nee
- “Lord, I am willing to break my heart in order that I may satisfy Thy heart!” – Watchman Nee
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“To keep our hand on the plow while wiping away our tears — THAT is Christianity!” – Watchman Nee
- “Separation to God, separation from the world, is the first principle of Christian living.” – Watchman Nee
- “Victory is the normal experience of a Christian; defeat should be the abnormal experience.” – Watchman Nee
- “The devil abhors light and truth because these remove the ground of his working.” – Watchman Nee
- “Baptism is an outward expression of an inward faith.” – Watchman Nee
- “The ‘flesh’ is too bad to be cleansed; it must be crucified.” – Watchman Nee
- “The Christian faith begins not with a big DO but with a big DONE.” – Watchman Nee
- “Why do so many Christians pray such tiny prayers when their God is so big?” – Watchman Nee
- “Our old history ends with the Cross; our new history begins with the resurrection.” – Watchman Nee’
- “The life of faith is not only totally different from but also diametrically opposite to, a life of feeling.” – Watchman Nee
- “The Christian experience, from start to finish, is a journey of faith.” – Watchman Nee
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“Actually, only God can satisfy a Christian’s heart; man cannot.” – Watchman Nee
- “At times it seems we require more grace to lose our wealth than to lose our life!” – Watchman Nee
- “The note of hallelujah must never be in short supply in the spirit of the believer.” – Watchman Nee
- “Spiritual advancement is measured by faithful obedience.” – Watchman Nee
- “All satanic works are performed from the outside inward; all divine works from the inside outward.” – Watchman Nee
- “Whatever the mind sets itself on is what the man walks after.” – Watchman Nee
- “Oh, Lord, you have indeed been gracious to me.” – Watchman Nee
- “A mistaken thought may be corrected easily, but an errant affection is nearly unmanageable.” – Watchman Nee
- “The cross grants us position, the Holy Spirit gives us experience.” – Watchman Nee
- “The cares of this life emerge as very small items indeed along our daily path.” – Watchman Nee
- “True revelation of the fact of the Spirit’s indwelling will revolutionize the life of any Christian.” – Watchman Nee
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“Our prayers lay the track down which God’s power can come.” – Watchman Nee
- “I must first have the sense of God’s possession of me before I can have the sense of His presence with me.” – Watchman Nee
- “The fruit of the Spirit is . . . self-control” – Watchman Nee
- “Many confuse understanding with believing.” – Watchman Nee
- “We work because we have not seen the work of Christ.” – 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
- “When the fruit of your service is out of all proportion to the gifts you possess, THAT is Blessing!” – Watchman Nee
- “The idea of waste only comes into our Christianity when we underestimate the worth of our Lord.” – Watchman Nee
- “The right attitude is this: that I have my own will, yet I will the will of God.” – Watchman Nee
- “All we have-ourselves-to Him, and if that be all, that is enough.” – Watchman Nee
