If we are to be ready for Jesus Christ, we have to stop being religious (that is, using religion as a higher… — Oswald Chambers Copy Share Image
“Discipleship is based not on devotion to abstract ideals, but on devotion to a person, the Lord Jesus Christ;” — Oswald Chambers Copy Share Image
It is the unseen and the spiritual in people that determines the outward and the actual. — Oswald Chambers Copy Share Image
If in preaching the gospel you substitute your knowledge of the way of salvation for confidence in the power of the gospel,… — Oswald Chambers Copy Share Image
Christianity is not consistency to conscience or to convictions; Christianity is being true to Jesus Christ. — Oswald Chambers Copy Share Image
The real attitude of sin in the heart towards God is that of being without God; it is pride, the worship of… — Oswald Chambers Copy Share Image
Faith for my deliverance is not faith in God. Faith means, whether I am visibly delivered or not, I will stick to… — Oswald Chambers Copy Share Image
The Cross did not happen to Jesus: He came on purpose for it. He is “the Lamb slain from the foundation of… — Oswald Chambers Copy Share Image
Jesus Christ demands the same unrestrained, adventurous spirit in those who have placed their trust in Him that the natural man exhibits.… — Oswald Chambers Copy Share Image
Be relentless and hard on yourself if you are in the habit of talking about the experiences you have had. Faith based… — Oswald Chambers Copy Share Image
When Jesus Christ shed his blood on the cross, it was not the blood of a martyr; or the blood of one… — Oswald Chambers Copy Share Image
We must build our faith not on fading lights but on the Light that never fails. When 'important' individuals go away we… — Oswald Chambers Copy Share Image
There is a vast difference between devotion to a person and devotion to principles or to a cause. Our Lord never proclaimed… — Oswald Chambers Copy Share Image
The heart of salvation is the Cross of Christ. The reason salvation is so easy to obtain is that it cost God… — Oswald Chambers Copy Share Image
It is perilously possible to make our conceptions of God like molten lead poured into a specially designed mould, and when it… — Oswald Chambers Copy Share Image
The Sermon on the Mount is not a set of principles to be obeyed apart from identification with Jesus Christ. The Sermon… — Oswald Chambers Copy Share Image
Faith by its very nature must be tried, and the real trial of faith is not that we find it difficult to… — Oswald Chambers Copy Share Image
If you yourself do not cut the lines that tie you to the dock, God will have to use a storm to… — Oswald Chambers Copy Share Image
Spiritual lust--'I must have it at once'--causes me to demand an answer from God, instead of seeking God himself who gives the… — Oswald Chambers Copy Share Image
Prayer is the practice of drawing on the grace of God. Don't say, "I will endure this until I can get away… — Oswald Chambers Copy Share Image
We are not built for the mountains and the dawns and aesthetic affinities, those are for moments of inspiration, that is all.… — Oswald Chambers Copy Share Image
God never estimates what we give from impulse. We are given credit for what we determine in our hearts to give; for… — Oswald Chambers Copy Share Image
When the truth is preached, the Spirit of God brings each person face to face with God Himself. — Oswald Chambers Copy Share Image
Many people begin coming to God once they stop being religious.There's only one master of the heart-Jesus, not religion. — Oswald Chambers Copy Share Image
Christianity is not devotion to work, or to a cause, or a doctrine, but devotion to a Person, the Lord Jesus Christ. — Oswald Chambers Copy Share Image
“Many of us are faithful to our ideas about Jesus Christ, but how many of us are faithful to Jesus Himself?” — Oswald Chambers Copy Share Image
“The Bible attitude is not that God sends sickness or that sickness is of the devil, but that sickness is a fact… — Oswald Chambers Copy Share Image
All Christians have the Spirit of Christ, but not all Christians have the mind of Christ. — Oswald Chambers Copy Share Image
Faith never knows where it is being led, but it loves and knows the One who is leading. — Oswald Chambers Copy Share Image
Never forget that our capacity and capability in spiritual matters is measured by, and based on, the promises of God. — Oswald Chambers Copy Share Image
We imagine that whatever is unpleasant is our duty! Is that anything like the spirit of our Lord, "I *delight* to do… — Oswald Chambers Copy Share Image
For understanding in spiritual matters, the golden rule is not intellect but obedience. — Oswald Chambers Copy Share Image
Certainty is the mark of the commonsense life-gracious uncertainty is the mark of the spiritual life. — Oswald Chambers Copy Share Image
There is a call to spiritual perseverance. A call not to hang on and do nothing, but to work deliberately, knowing with… — Oswald Chambers Copy Share Image
The greatest competitor of true devotion to Jesus is the service we do for Him. It is easier to serve than to… — Oswald Chambers Copy Share Image
Faith is unutterable trust in God, trust which never dreams that He will not stand by us. — Oswald Chambers Copy Share Image
“The most important aspect of Christianity is not the work we do, but the relationship we maintain” — Oswald Chambers Copy Share Image
“Discouragement is disillusioned self-love, and self-love may be love for my devotion to Jesus— not love for Jesus Himself.” — Oswald Chambers Copy Share Image
Faith is deliberate confidence in the character of God whose ways you may not understand at the time. — Oswald Chambers Copy Share Image
A private relationship of worshiping God is the greatest essential element of spiritual fitness. — Oswald Chambers Copy Share Image
“If we deliberately choose to obey God, then He will tax the remotest star and the last grain of sand to assist us with… — Oswald Chambers Copy Share
Realize that the Lord is here now, and the freedom you receive is immediate. — Oswald Chambers Copy Share
You will never cease to be the most amazed person on earth at what God has done for you on the inside. — Oswald Chambers Copy Share
When Jesus Christ shed his blood on the cross, it was not the blood of a martyr; or the blood of one man for… — Oswald Chambers Copy Share
“Let circumstances take you where they will, but keep drawing on the grace of God in whatever condition you may find yourself.” — Oswald Chambers Copy Share
The goal of faithfulness is not that we will do work for God, but that He will be free to do His work through… — Oswald Chambers Copy Share
We are in danger of forgetting that we cannot do what God does, and that God will not do what we can do. We… — Oswald Chambers Copy Share
“It is a solemn thing, and no small scandal in the Kingdom, to see God's children starving while actually seated at the Father's table.” — Oswald Chambers Copy Share
“If my holiness is not drawing towards Him, it is not holiness of the right order, but an influence that will awaken inordinate affection… — Oswald Chambers Copy Share
“My spiritual history must have as its underlying foundation a personal knowledge of Jesus Christ. To be born again means that I see Jesus.” — Oswald Chambers Copy Share
We always have visions, before a thing is made real. When we realize that although the vision is real, it is not real in… — Oswald Chambers Copy Share
The lasting value of our public service for God is measured by the depth of the intimacy of our private times of fellowship and… — Oswald Chambers Copy Share
The thing that awakens the deepest fountain of gratitude in a human being is that God has forgiven his sin. — Oswald Chambers Copy Share
The secret of the missionary is...I am His, and He is carrying out His work through me. — Oswald Chambers Copy Share
