The best measure of a spiritual life is not its ecstasies but its obedience. — Oswald Chambers Copy Share Image
The Christian life is one of spiritual courage and determination lived out in our flesh — Oswald Chambers Copy Share Image
Our spiritual life cannot be measured by success as the world measures it, but only by what God pours through us- and… — Oswald Chambers Copy Share Image
The golden rule for understanding in spiritual matters is not intellect, but obedience. — Oswald Chambers Copy Share Image
The degree of panic activity in my life is equal to the degree of my lack of personal spiritual experience. — Oswald Chambers Copy Share Image
Confidence in the natural world is self-reliance; in the spiritual world, it is God-reliance. — Oswald Chambers Copy Share Image
“My spiritual history must have as its underlying foundation a personal knowledge of Jesus Christ. To be born again means that I… — Oswald Chambers Copy Share Image
Spiritual lust causes me to demand an answer from God, instead of seeking God Himself who gives the answer. — Oswald Chambers Copy Share Image
But God is the God of our yesterdays, and He allows the memory of them to turn the past into a ministry… — Oswald Chambers Copy Share Image
The men with God's 'go' in them have these three characteristics-a saving experience, the evidence of supernatural power at work, and the… — Oswald Chambers Copy Share Image
Wait on God and He will work, but don't wait in spiritual sulks because you cannot see an inch in front of… — Oswald Chambers Copy Share Image
The marvelous thing about spiritual wealth is that when we take our part in that, everyone else is blessed; whereas if we… — Oswald Chambers Copy Share Image
There are not three stages in spiritual life-worship, waiting, and work. Some of us go in jumps like spiritual frogs. We jump… — Oswald Chambers Copy Share Image
God did not direct His call to Isaiah— Isaiah overheard God saying, ". . . who will go for Us?" The call… — Oswald Chambers Copy Share Image
Spiritual maturity is not reached by the passing of the years, but by obedience to the will of God. Some people mature… — Oswald Chambers Copy Share Image
Drudgery is one of the finest touchstones of character there is. Drudgery is work that is very far removed from anything to… — Oswald Chambers Copy Share Image
It is not a lack of spiritual experience that leads to failure, but a lack of working to keep our eyes focused… — Oswald Chambers Copy Share Image
In the spiritual domain, criticism is love turned sour... If criticism becomes a habit, it will destroy the moral energy of the… — Oswald Chambers Copy Share Image
If we pray only because we want answers, we will become irritated and angry with God. We receive an answer every time… — Oswald Chambers Copy Share Image
Spiritual character is only made by standing loyal to God's character, no matter what distress the trial of faith brings. The distress… — Oswald Chambers Copy Share Image
In the spiritual domain, criticism is love turned sour. In a wholesome spiritual life there is no room for criticism. The critical… — Oswald Chambers Copy Share Image
“In the midst of the awfulness, a touch comes and you know it is the right hand of Jesus Christ. The right… — Oswald Chambers Copy Share Image
“We cannot discover the source of our natural life through common sense and reasoning, and Jesus is teaching here that growth in… — 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
Spiritual maturity is not reached by the passing of the years, but by obedience to the will of God. — 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
We can all see God in exceptional things, but it requires the culture of spiritual discipline to see God in every detail. — Oswald Chambers Copy Share Image
The nature of the spiritual life is that we are certain in our uncertainty. — Oswald Chambers Copy Share Image
God does not further our spiritual life in spite of our circumstances, but in and by our circumstances. — Oswald Chambers Copy Share Image
A private relationship of worshiping God is the greatest essential element of spiritual fitness. — 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
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
For understanding in spiritual matters, the golden rule is not intellect but obedience. — Oswald Chambers Copy Share Image
Our Lord's first obedience was to the will of his Father, not to the needs of men; the saving of men was… — Oswald Chambers Copy Share Image
It is by no haphazard chance that in every age men have risen early to pray. The first thing that marks decline… — Oswald Chambers Copy Share Image
If God sees that my spiritual life will be furthered by giving the things for which I ask, then He will give… — Oswald Chambers Copy Share Image
Many people have turned back because they are afraid to look at things from God's perspective. The greatest spiritual crisis comes when… — Oswald Chambers Copy Share Image
When a man’s heart is right with God the mysterious utterances of the Bible are spirit and life to him. Spiritual truth… — 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
It is a great thing to see physical courage, and greater still to see moral courage, but the greatest to see of… — 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
