Oswald Chambers Quotes
-
Remember that we have to ask things of God that are in keeping with the God whom Jesus Christ revealed.
-
God is my Father, He loves me, I shall never think of anything He will forget. Why should I worry?
-
Jesus Christ reveals, not an embarrassed God, not a confused God, not a God who stands apart from the problems, but One who stands in the thick of the whole thing with man.
-
The measure of the worth of our public activity for God is the private profound communion we have with Him.
-
It is easy to turn our religious life into a cathedral for beautiful memories, but there are feet to be washed . . .
-
No healthy Christian ever chooses suffering; he chooses God's will, as Jesus did, whether it means suffering or not.
-
The teaching of the Sermon on the Mount is not--Do your duty, but--Do what is not your duty. It is not your duty to go the second mile, to turn the other cheek, but Jesus says if we are His disciples we shall always do these things. There will be no spirit of--"Oh, well, I cannot do any more, I have been so misrepresented and misunderstood". . . Never look for right in the other man, but never cease to be right yourself. We are always looking for justice; the teaching of the Sermon on the Mount is--Never look for justice, but never cease to live it.
-
And it is not repentance that saves me — repentance is only the sign that I realize what God has done through Christ Jesus.
-
If you are going through a time of discouragement, there is a time or great personal growth ahead.
-
The true expression of Christian character is not in good-doing but in God-likeness.
-
We have no right to judge where we should be put, or to have preconceived notions as to what God is fitting us for. God engineers everything; wherever He puts us, our one great aim is to pour out a whole-hearted devotion to Him in that particular work. 'Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might.'
-
The only way we can be of use to God is to let Him take us through the crooks and crannies of our own characters.
-
Peace is the deepest thing a human personality can know; it is almighty.
-
It is impossible to live the life of a disciple without definite times of secret prayer. You will find that the place to enter in is in your business, as you walk along the streets, in the ordinary ways of life, when no one dreams you are praying, and the reward comes openly, a revival here, a blessing there.
-
Never look for justice in this world, never cease to give it.
-
One of the most amazing revelations of God comes to us when we learn that it is in the everyday things of life that we realize the magnificent deity of Jesus Christ.
-
With Christ, it is not how much we give, but what we do not give that is the real test.
-
The real business of your life as a saved soul is intercessory prayer.
-
Faith is deliberate confidence in the character of God whose ways you cannot understand at the time.
-
Am I as spontaneously kind to God as I used to be, or am I only expecting God to be kind to me? Am I full of the little things that cheer His heart over me, or am I whimpering because things are going hardly with me? There is no joy in the soul that has forgotten what God prizes.
-
I am called to live in such a perfect relationship with God that my life produces a yearning for God in the lives of others, not admiration for myself. Thoughts about myself hinder my usefulness to God. God’s purpose is not to perfect me to make me a trophy in His showcase; He is getting me to the place where He can use me. Let Him do what He wants.
-
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.
-
There comes the baffling call of God in our lives also. The call of God can never be stated explicitly; it is implicit. The call of God is like the call of the sea, no one hears it but the one who has the nature of the sea in him. It cannot be stated definitely what the call of God is to, because his call is to be in comradeship with himself, for his own purposes, and the test is to believe that God knows what he is after.
-
When you meet a man or woman who puts Jesus Christ first, knit that one to your soul.