Oswald Chambers Quotes

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The agony of a man's affliction is often necessary to put him into the right mood to face the fundamental things of life. The Psalmist says: "Before I was afflicted I went astray, but now have I kept Thy Word.

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Faith that is sure of itself is not faith; faith that is sure of God is the only faith there is.

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We preach to men as if they were conscious they were dying sinners, they are not; they are having a good time.

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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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When someone thinks that to develop a holy life he must always be alone with God, he is no longer of any use to others.

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Never be diplomatic and careful about the treasure God gives. This is poverty triumphant.

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There is only One Being who can satisfy the last aching abyss of the human heart, and that is the Lord Jesus Christ.

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The measure of the worth of our public activity for God is the private profound communion we have with Him...

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We can all see God in exceptional things, but it requires the culture of spiritual discipline to see God in every detail.

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Sometimes there is nothing to obey, the only thing to do is to maintain a vital connection with Jesus Christ, to see that nothing interferes with that.

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Never water down or minimise the mighty Gospel of God by considering that people may be misled by certain statements. Present the Gospel in all its fullness and God will guard His own truth.

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If Jesus is a teacher only, then all He can do is to tantalize us by erecting a standard we cannot come anywhere near. But if by being born again from above we know Him first as Savior, we know that He did not come to teach us only. He came to make us what He teaches we should be. The Sermon on the Mount is a statement of the life we will live when the Holy Spirit is having His way with us.

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Be persistent with your disturbance until you get face to face with the Lord himself. Don't deify common sense.

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The real meaning of eternal life is a life that can face anything is has to face without wavering. If we take this view, life becomes one great romance, a glorious opportunity for seeing marvelous things all the time.
God is disciplining us to get us into this central place of power.

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Many people have turned back because they are afraid to look at things from God's perspective. The greatest spiritual crisis comes when a person has to move a little farther on in his faith than the beliefs he has already accepted.

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God does not expect us to imitate Jesus Christ; He expects us to allow the life of Jesus to be manifested in our moral flesh.

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Be exhausted for God, but remember that your supply comes from Him. 'All my fresh springs shall be in thee.'

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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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The height of the mountaintop is measured by the drab drudgery of the valley.

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We are not sent to do battle for God, but to be used by God in His battles.

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The sympathy which is reverent with what it cannot understand is worth its weight in gold.

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The Bible is not a book that you can open and say, 'Now, Lord, put some magic into my soul that will open up the meaning of this book.' There is only one way really to understand the Word, and that is through wrestling with the circumstances and happenings of life.

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Once we see Jesus, the impossible things He does in our lives become as natural as breathing.

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But the miracle of the redemptive reality of God is that the worst and the vilest offender can never exhaust the depths of His love.

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Our Lord did not say it was wrong to pray in the corners of the street, but He did say it was wrong to have the motive to "be seen of men".

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In the spiritual domain, criticism is love turned sour. In a wholesome spiritual life there is no room for criticism. The critical faculty is an intellectual one, not a moral one. If criticism becomes a habit it will destroy the moral energy of the life and paralyse spiritual force. The only person who can criticise human beings is the Holy Spirit.

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My unrestrained commitment of myself to God gives the Holy Spirit the opportunity to grant to me the holiness of Jesus Christ.

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The honour of Jesus Christ is at stake in your bodily life. Are you remaining loyal to the Son of God in the things which beset His life in you? Do you continue to go with Jesus? The way lies through Gethsemane, through the city gate, outside the camp; the way lies alone, and the way lies until there is no trace of a footstep left, only the voice, 'Follow Me.'

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Keep your soul fit to manifest the life of the Son of God. Never live on memories; let the word of God be always living and active in you.

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When we say "Thy will be done," do we say it with a sigh? If so, we have never realized that the character of God is holy love; nothing can ever happen outside His purposeful will.

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