Oswald Chambers Quotes
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Our ordinary abilities will never worship God unless they are transformed by the indwelling Son of God.
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Disillusionment means having no more misconceptions, false impressions, and false judgments in life; it means being free from these deceptions. Refusing to be disillusioned is the cause of much of the suffering of human life.
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Sanctification means more than being freed from sin. It means the deliberate commitment of myself to the God of my salvation, and being willing to pay whatever it may cost.
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Never focus your eyes on the obstacle or the difficulty. The obstacle will be a matter of total indifference to the river that will flow steadily through you if you will simply remember to stay focused on the Source.
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Prayer is simple, prayer is supernatural, and to anyone not related to our Lord Jesus Christ, prayer is apt to look stupid.
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Is the Son of God praying in me, or am I dictating to Him?... Prayer is not simply getting things from God, that is a most initial form of prayer; prayer is getting into perfect communion with God. If the Son of God is formed in us by regeneration, He will press forward in front of our common sense and change our attitude to the things about which we pray.
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If God sees that my spiritual life will be furthered by giving the things for which I ask, then He will give them, but that is not the end of prayer. The end of prayer is that I come to know God Himself.
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God answers prayer on the ground of Redemption and on no other ground.
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God works this unspeakable mystery of entire sanctification in your life and mine. People try to seek the experience of entire sanctification in ways other than God's way; but the wonderful Spirit of God will remove confusion and enable us to see that the only means to obtain the experience of entire sanctification by faith is the grace of God.
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The main characteristic which is the proof of the indwelling Spirit is an amazing tenderness in personal dealing, and a blazing truthfulness with regard to God's Word.
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The Cross is the central event in time and eternity, and the answer to all the problems of both.
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The Christian life is one of spiritual courage and determination lived out in our flesh.
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Faith never knows where it is being led, but it loves and knows the One who is leading.
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Spiritual maturity is not reached by the passing of the years, but by obedience to the will of God.
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Every man carries his kingdom within, and no one knows what is taking place in another's kingdom. 'No one understands me!' Of course they don't, each one of us is a mystery. There is only One Who understands you, and that is God. Hand yourself over to Him.
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Faith for my deliverance is not faith in God. Faith means, whether I am visibly delivered or not, I will stick to my belief that God is love.
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Grace is the overflowing favor of God, and you can always count on it being available to draw upon as needed.
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Every man is made to reach out beyond his grasp.
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Beware of anything that competes with your loyalty to Jesus Christ.
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We have to take the first step as though there were no God. It is no use to wait for God to help us, He will not: but immediately we arise we find He is there.
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If you have ever prayed in the dawn you will ask yourself why you were so foolish as not to do it always: it is difficult to get into communion with God in the midst of the hurly-burly of the day.
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If a crisis has come to you on any front, surrender your will to Jesus absolutely and irrevocably.
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For understanding in spiritual matters, the golden rule is not intellect but obedience.
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Get into the habit of saying, ''Speak, Lord,'' and life will become a romance.