Humble yourself"--it is a humbling experience to knock at God's door--you have to knock with the crucified thief. "To him that knocketh,… — Oswald Chambers Copy Share Image
Never become attached to anything that continues to hurt God. For you to be free of it, God must be allowed 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 Cross Copy Share Image
Do not expect God always to give you His thrilling minutes, but learn to live in the domain of drudgery by the… — Oswald Chambers Adventure Copy Share Image
Our Lord was 30 years preparing for 3 years of service. The modern stamp is to spend 3 hours preparing for 30 years of service. — Oswald Chambers Copy Share Image
Trust completely in God, and when He brings you to a new opportunity of adventure, offering it to you, see that you… — Oswald Chambers Adventure Copy Share Image
Whenever God's will is in the ascendant all compulsion is gone. When we choose deliberately to obey Him then with all His… — Oswald Chambers Almighty Copy Share Image
God is the Great Engineer, creating circumstances to bring about moments in our lives of divine importance, leading us to divine appointments — Oswald Chambers Copy Share Image
Beware of being obsessed with consistency to your own convictions instead of being devoted to God. The important consistency in a saint… — Oswald Chambers Copy Share Image
Sanctification means the impartation of the Holy qualities of Jesus Christ. It is His patience, His love, His holiness, His faith, His… — Oswald Chambers Christ Copy Share Image
We say, sorrow, disaster, calamity. God says, chastening and it sounds sweet to him though it is a discord to our ears.… — Oswald Chambers Adversity Copy Share Image
When we are consciously aware of being used as broken bread and poured out wine, we have yet another level to reach… — Oswald Chambers Awareness Copy Share Image
“The burden that God places on us squeezes the grapes in our lives and produces the wine, but most of us see… — Oswald Chambers Human spirit Copy Share Image
God seems to have a delightful way of upsetting the things we have calculated on without taking Him into account. We get… — Oswald Chambers Copy Share Image
Jesus Christ out-socialists the socialists. He says that in His Kingdom he that is greatest shall be the servant of all. The… — Oswald Chambers Christ Copy Share Image
The reason we see hypocrisy and fraud and unreality in others is because they are all in our own hearts. The great… — Oswald Chambers Copy Share Image
It is not the thing on which we spend the most time that moulds us, but the thing that exerts the greatest… — Oswald Chambers Copy Share Image
When the darkness of dismay comes, endure until it is over, because out of it will come that following of Jesus which… — Oswald Chambers Darkness Copy Share Image
he must deny his right to himself, and he must realize who Jesus Christ is before he will bring himself to do… — Oswald Chambers Christ Copy Share Image
“A time is coming when the whole round world will know that God reigns and that God is Love, when hell and… — Oswald Chambers God Copy Share Image
It is easy to turn our religious life into a cathedral for beautiful memories, but there are feet to be washed . . . — Oswald Chambers Beautiful Copy Share Image
“The danger we have is that we want to water down what Jesus said to make it mean something that aligns with… — Oswald Chambers Common sense Copy Share Image
There are many things that are perfectly legitimate, but if you are going to concentrate on God you cannot do them. — Oswald Chambers Funny 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 Father Copy Share Image
There is actually only one thing you can dedicate to God, and that is your right to yourself. If you will give… — Oswald Chambers Christian 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 Heart Copy Share Image
The institutions of Churchianity are not Christianity. An institution is a good thing if it is second; immediately an institution recognizes itself… — Oswald Chambers Christianity Copy Share Image
It's one thing to go through a crisis grandly, yet quite another to go through every day glorifying God when there is… — Oswald Chambers Attention Copy Share Image
It is impossible to get exhausted in work for God. We get exhausted because we try to do Gods work in our… — Oswald Chambers Exhaustion Copy Share Image
Adam was created to be the friend and companion of God, he was to have dominion over all the life in the… — Oswald Chambers Copy Share Image
Our Lord insists on the social aspect of our lives: He shows very distinctly that we cannot further ourselves alone. — Oswald Chambers Copy Share Image
“Never be afraid when God brings back your past. Let your memory have its way with you. It is a minister of… — Oswald Chambers Guilt Copy Share Image
Sometimes there is nothing to obey, the only thing to do is to maintain a vital connection with Jesus Christ, to see… — Oswald Chambers Christ Copy Share Image
It is impossible to get exhausted in work for God. We get exhausted because we try to do God's work in our… — Oswald Chambers Copy Share Image
“Let your memory have its way with you. It is a minister of God bringing its rebuke and sorrow to you. God… — Oswald Chambers Memory Copy Share Image
People say that it is so hard to bring Jesus Christ and present him before the lives of men today. Of course… — Oswald Chambers Christ Copy Share Image
Is He going to help Himself to your life, or are you taken up with your conception of what you are going… — Oswald Chambers Conception Copy Share Image
“If you are going to be used by God, He will take you through a multitude of experiences that are not meant… — Oswald Chambers God Copy Share Image
“ Do I have a personal history with Jesus Christ? The one true sign of discipleship is intimate oneness with Him—a” — Oswald Chambers Discipleship 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
