Oswald Chambers Quotes

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The marvelous thing about spiritual wealth is that when we take our part in that, everyone else is blessed; whereas if we refused to be partakers, we hinder others from entering into the riches of God.

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We have become so self-centered that we go to God only for something from Him, and not for God Himself.

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Have you ever sought God with your whole heart, or have you simply given Him a feeble cry after some emotionally painful experience?

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It's one thing to go through a crisis grandly, yet quite another to go through every day glorifying God when there is no witness, no limelight, and no one paying even the remotest attention to us.

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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.

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Speak, Lord ; make time to listen. Chastening is more than a means of discipline, it is meant to get me to the place of saying, Speak, Lord.

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It is easy to say we believe in God as long as we remain in the little world we choose to live in; but get out into the great world of facts, the noisy world where people are absolutely indifferent to you, where your message is nothing more than a crazy tale belonging to a bygone age, can you believe God there?

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It is not what a man does that is of final importance, but what he is in what he does. The atmosphere produced by a man, much more than his activities, has the lasting influence.

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God gets me into a relationship with Himself whereby I understand His
call, then I do things out of sheer love for Him on my own account. To
serve God is the deliberate love-gift of a nature that has heard the
call of God.

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The marvel of the Redemptive Reality of God is that the worst and the vilest can never get to the bottom of His Love. Paul did not say that God separated him to show what a wonderful man He could make of him, but to "to reveal His Son in me

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I have to get to the point of the absolute and unquestionable relationship that takes everything exactly as it comes from Him. God never guides us at some time in the future, but always here and now. Realize that the Lord is here now, and the freedom you receive is immediate.

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Many of us refuse to grow where we are put;
consequently, we take root nowhere.

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Never believe that the so-called random events of life are anything less than God's appointed order. Be ready to discover His divine designs anywhere and everywhere.

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God can never make us wine if we object to the fingers He uses to crush us with.

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When we are consciously aware of being used as broken bread and poured out wine, we have yet another level to reach - a level where all awareness of ourselves and what God is doing through us is completely eliminated. A saint is never consciously a saint - a saint is consciously dependent on God.

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It is a life of FAITH, not of intellect and reason, but a life of knowing Who makes us go.

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There is no condition of life in which we cannot abide in Jesus. We have to learn to abide in Him wherever we are placed.

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Beware of the inclination to dictate to God what consequences you would allow as a condition of your obedience to Him.

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God answers prayer on the ground of Redemption and on no other ground.

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The greatest test of Christianity is the wear and tear of daily life; it is like the shining of silver: the more it is rubbed the brighter it grows.

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Don't waste time asking God to keep you from doing things. Don't do them.

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I cannot give up my will - I must exercise it, putting it into action.

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God never fits His word to suit me; He fits me to suit His word.

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We are only what we are in the dark; all the rest is reputation.

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If you want to be of use to God, maintain the proper relationship with Jesus Christ by staying focused on Him & He will make use of you every minute you live- yet you will be unaware, on the conscious level of your life, that you are being used of Him.

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The test is the sixty seconds of every minute, and the sixty minutes of every hour, not our times of prayer and devotional meetings.

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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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When the truth is preached, the Spirit of God brings each person face to face with God Himself.

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As soon as we abandon ourselves to God and do the task He has placed closest to us, He begins to fill our lives with surprises.

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God can do nothing for me until I recognize the limits of what is humanly possible, allowing Him to do the impossible.

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