Oswald Chambers Quotes
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Holiness, not happiness, is the chief end of man.
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We look upon the enemy of our souls as a conquered foe, so he is, but only to God, not to us.
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When it is a question of God's almighty Spirit, never say, 'I can't.'
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We have to pray with our eyes on God, not on the difficulties.
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You will never cease to be the most amazed person on earth at what God has done for you on the inside.
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Faith is deliberate confidence in the character of God whose ways you may not understand at the time.
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If in preaching the gospel you substitute your knowledge of the way of salvation for confidence in the power of the gospel, you hinder people from getting to reality.
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A good book, in the language of the book-sellers, is a salable one; in that of the curious, a scarce one; in that of men of sense, a useful and instructive one.
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Character in a saint means the disposition of Jesus Christ persistently manifested.
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The whole point of getting things done is knowing what to leave undone.
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Books are the blessed chloroform of the mind.
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I have learnt that I am me, that I can do the things that, as one might put it, me can do, but I cannot do the things that me would like to do.
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It is the unseen and the spiritual in people that determines the outward and the actual.
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The dearest friend on earth is a mere shadow compared to Jesus Christ.
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When a man is at his wits' end it is not a cowardly thing to pray, it is the only way he can get in touch with Reality.
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It is not true to say that God wants to teach us something in our trials. Through every cloud He brings our way, He wants us to unlearn something.
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Patience has the meaning of testing-a thing drawn out and tested, drawn out to the last strand in a strain without breaking, and ending in sheer joy. The strain on a violin string when stretched to the uttermost gives it its strength; and the stronger the strain, the finer is the sound of our life for God, and He never strains more than we are able to bear.
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The central point of the Kingdom of Jesus Christ is a personal relationship with Him, not public usefulness to others.
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God cannot reveal anything to us if we have not His spirit.
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Trust yourself in God's hands. Maintain your relationship to Jesus Christ by the patience of faith. 'Though He slay me, yet will I trust in Him.'
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God does not exist to answer our prayers, but by our prayers we come to discern the mind of God.
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The most important aspect of Christianity is not the work we do, but the relationship we maintain and the surrounding influence and qualities produced by that relationship. That is all God asks us to give our attention to, and it is the one thing that is continually under attack.
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We are uncertain of the next step, but we are certain of God. Immediately we abandon to God, and do the duty that lies nearest, and He packs our life with surprises all the time.... Leave the whole thing to Him, it is gloriously uncertain how He will come in, but He will come.
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If we understood what happens when we use the Word of God, we would use it oftener.