Oswald Chambers Quotes
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The prayer of the feeblest saint who lives in the Spirit and keeps right with God is a terror to Satan. The very powers of darkness are paralyzed by prayer; no spiritualistic seance can succeed in the presence of a humble praying saint. No wonder Satan tries to keep our minds fussy in active work till we cannot think in prayer.
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Beware of reasoning about God's Word - obey It.
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By the supernatural miracle of God's grace I stand justified, not because I am sorry for my sin, not because I have repented, but because of what Jesus has done.
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Peace is the deepest thing a human personality can know; it is almighty.
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Intercession means that we deliberately substitute God’s interests in others for our natural sympathy with them.
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God's will is hard only when it comes up against our stubbornness, then it is as cruel as a ploughshare and as devastating as an earthquake.
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Never run before God gives you His direction. If you have the slightest doubt, then He is not guiding. Whenever there is doubt-wait.
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The root of all sin is the suspicion that God is not good.
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in the will of God" is not a matter of intellectual discernment, but a state of heart... It's motto is --" My Father can do what he likes with me, He may bless me to death, or give me a bitter cup; I delight to do His will.
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The way to grow strong in Christ is to become weak in yourself.
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God's silences are His answers. If we only take as answers those that are visible to our senses, we are in a very elementary condition of grace.
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Beware of any belief that makes you self-indulgent; it came from the pit, no matter how beautiful it sounds.
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Whenever the conviction of God's Spirit comes there is the softening of the whole nature to obey; but if the obedience is not instant there will come a metallic hardening and a corrupting of the guidance of God.
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A saint realizes that it is God who engineers his circumstances; consequently there are no complaints, only unrestrained surrender to Jesus.
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God places His saints where they will bring the most glory to Him, and we are totally incapable of judging where that may be.
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Not often, but every once in a while, God brings us to a major turning point — a great crossroads in our life.
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If we are abandoned to Jesus we have no ends of our own to serve.
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We are not made for the mountains, for sunrises, or for the other beautiful attractions in life - those are simply intended to be moments of inspiration. We are made for the valley and the ordinary things of life and that is where we have to prove our stamina and strength.
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The greatest word of Jesus to His disciples is abandon.
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We are not meant to be seen as God's perfect, bright-shining examples, but to be seen as the everyday essence of ordinary life exhibiting the miracle of His grace.
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The soul is in danger when knowledge of doctrine outsteps intimate touch with Jesus.
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If we are in Christ the whole basis of our goings is God, not conceptions of God, not ideas of God, but God Himself. We do not need any more ideas about God, the world is full of ideas about God, they are all worthless, because the ideas of God in anyone’s head are of no more use than our own ideas. What we need is a real God, not more ideas about Him.
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We can never be like lillies in the garden unless we have spent time as bulbs in the dark, totally ignored.
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It is easy to turn our religious life into a cathedral for beautiful memories, but there are feet to be washed . . .