208 Quotes by 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.

Prayer is work. The experiences of many children of God demonstrate that it accomplishes far more than does any other form of work. It is also warfare, for it is one of the weapons in fighting the enemy. However, only prayer in the spirit is genuinely effectual.

Bible-reading and prayer are not wrong, and God forbid that we should suggest that they are. But it is wrong to trust even in them for victory. Our help is in Him who is the object of that reading and prayer. Our trust must be in Christ alone.

With complete consecration comes perfect peace.

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

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

It is not a matter of how many loaves we have in our hands, but whether or not God has blessed them.

A drowning man cannot be saved until he is utterly exhausted and ceases to make the slightest effort to save himself.

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