Oswald Chambers Quotes

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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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We have to keep letting go, and slowly and surely the great full life of God will invade us in every part, and men will take knowledge of us that we have been with Jesus.

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Jesus Christ can afford to be misunderstood; we cannot. Our weakness lies in always wanting to vindicate ourselves.

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Make the determination to abide in Jesus wherever you are now or wherever you may be placed in the future.

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Reflected peace is the proof that you are right with God because you are at liberty to turn your mind to Him.

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Take yourself by the scruff of the neck and shake off your incarnate laziness.

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To be obsessed by God is to have an effective barricade against all the assaults of the enemy.

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We must learn to live in the ordinary 'gray' day according to what we saw on the mountain.

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The true expression of Christian character is not in good-doing but in God-likeness.

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We are not to preach the doing of good things; good deeds are not to be preached, they are to be performed.

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There is nothing attractive about the gospel to the natural man; the only man who finds the gospel attractive is the man who is convicted of sin.

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Continually revise your relationship to God until the only certainty you have is not that you are faithful, but that He is.

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We must get to the place of real solitude with Christ. He is our mountain-height and our sea-calm.

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