--- title: "8 Bases Quotes By Oswald Chambers" description: "8 Bases quotes by Oswald Chambers. Plus more from Oswald Chambers and more Bases sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8b8/oswald-chambers-205_appreciation_the-only-basis-on-which-to-work-for-god_106554.png" --- > [The only basis on which to work for God is an esteemed appreciation of his deliverance.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oswald-chambers/the-only-basis-on-which-to-work-for-god-is-an-esteemed-appreciation/) [Oswald Chambers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oswald-chambers/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8b8/oswald-chambers-205_appreciation_the-only-basis-on-which-to-work-for-god_106554.png) > [It's easier to serve God without a vision, easier to work for God without a call, because then you are not bothered…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oswald-chambers/it-s-easier-to-serve-god-without-a-vision-easier-to-work-for-god/) [Oswald Chambers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oswald-chambers/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a50/oswald-chambers-205_able_it-s-easier-to-serve-god-without-a-visio_430524.png) > [If we are in Christ the whole basis of our goings is God, not conceptions of God, not ideas of God, but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oswald-chambers/if-we-are-in-christ-the-whole-basis-of-our-goings-is-god-not/) [Oswald Chambers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oswald-chambers/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a6d/oswald-chambers-205_bases_if-we-are-in-christ-the-whole-basis-of-o_668449.png) > [We must learn to tell ourselves the truth on the basis of God’s Word.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oswald-chambers/we-must-learn-to-tell-ourselves-the-truth-on-the-basis-of-god-s-word/) [Oswald Chambers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oswald-chambers/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2b6/oswald-chambers-205_bases_we-must-learn-to-tell-ourselves-the-trut_889395.png) > [To say that 'prayer changes things' is not as close to the truth as saying, 'prayer changes me and then I change…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oswald-chambers/to-say-that-prayer-changes-things-is-not-as-close-to-the-truth-as/) [Oswald Chambers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oswald-chambers/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aaf/oswald-chambers-205_bases_to-say-that-prayer-changes-things-is-not_1962062.png) > [God judges us on the basis of the miraculous atonement by the Cross of Christ.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oswald-chambers/god-judges-us-on-the-basis-of-the-miraculous-atonement-by-the-cross/) [Oswald Chambers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oswald-chambers/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e91/oswald-chambers-205_atonement_god-judges-us-on-the-basis-of-the-miracu_2513861.png) > [Intercessory prayer for one who is sinning prevails. God says so! The will of the man prayed for does not come into…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oswald-chambers/intercessory-prayer-for-one-who-is-sinning-prevails-god-says-so-the/) [Oswald Chambers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oswald-chambers/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8a2/oswald-chambers-205_bases_intercessory-prayer-for-one-who-is-sinni_2738076.png) > [It is easier to serve God without a vision, easier to work for God without a call, because then you are not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oswald-chambers/it-is-easier-to-serve-god-without-a-vision-easier-to-work-for-god/) [Oswald Chambers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oswald-chambers/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/61f/oswald-chambers-205_able_it-is-easier-to-serve-god-without-a-visi_3069697.png) ## Other authors on Bases ## More by Oswald Chambers > [“If we deliberately choose to obey God, then He will tax the remotest star and the last grain of sand to assist us with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oswald-chambers/if-we-deliberately-choose-to-obey-god-then-he-will-tax-the-remotest/) [Oswald Chambers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oswald-chambers/) > [Realize that the Lord is here now, and the freedom you receive is immediate.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oswald-chambers/realize-that-the-lord-is-here-now-and-the-freedom-you-receive-is/) [Oswald Chambers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oswald-chambers/) > [You will never cease to be the most amazed person on earth at what God has done for you on the inside.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oswald-chambers/you-will-never-cease-to-be-the-most-amazed-person-on-earth-at-what/) [Oswald Chambers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oswald-chambers/) > [When Jesus Christ shed his blood on the cross, it was not the blood of a martyr; or the blood of one man for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oswald-chambers/when-jesus-christ-shed-his-blood-on-the-cross-it-was-not-the-blood-of/) [Oswald Chambers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oswald-chambers/) > [Sorrow burns up a great amount of shallowness.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oswald-chambers/sorrow-burns-up-a-great-amount-of-shallowness/) [Oswald Chambers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oswald-chambers/) > [“Let circumstances take you where they will, but keep drawing on the grace of God in whatever condition you may find yourself.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oswald-chambers/let-circumstances-take-you-where-they-will-but-keep-drawing-on-the/) [Oswald Chambers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oswald-chambers/) > [The goal of faithfulness is not that we will do work for God, but that He will be free to do His work through…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oswald-chambers/the-goal-of-faithfulness-is-not-that-we-will-do-work-for-god-but-that/) [Oswald Chambers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oswald-chambers/) > [We are in danger of forgetting that we cannot do what God does, and that God will not do what we can do. We…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oswald-chambers/we-are-in-danger-of-forgetting-that-we-cannot-do-what-god-does-and/) [Oswald Chambers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oswald-chambers/) > [“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.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oswald-chambers/it-is-a-solemn-thing-and-no-small-scandal-in-the-kingdom-to-see-god-s/) [Oswald Chambers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oswald-chambers/) > [“If my holiness is not drawing towards Him, it is not holiness of the right order, but an influence that will awaken inordinate affection…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oswald-chambers/if-my-holiness-is-not-drawing-towards-him-it-is-not-holiness-of-the/) [Oswald Chambers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oswald-chambers/) > [“My spiritual history must have as its underlying foundation a personal knowledge of Jesus Christ. To be born again means that I see Jesus.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oswald-chambers/my-spiritual-history-must-have-as-its-underlying-foundation-a/) [Oswald Chambers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oswald-chambers/) > [We always have visions, before a thing is made real. When we realize that although the vision is real, it is not real in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oswald-chambers/we-always-have-visions-before-a-thing-is-made-real-when-we-realize/) [Oswald Chambers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oswald-chambers/) > [The lasting value of our public service for God is measured by the depth of the intimacy of our private times of fellowship and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oswald-chambers/the-lasting-value-of-our-public-service-for-god-is-measured-by-the/) [Oswald Chambers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oswald-chambers/) > [The thing that awakens the deepest fountain of gratitude in a human being is that God has forgiven his sin.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oswald-chambers/the-thing-that-awakens-the-deepest-fountain-of-gratitude-in-a-human/) [Oswald Chambers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oswald-chambers/) > [The secret of the missionary is...I am His, and He is carrying out His work through me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oswald-chambers/the-secret-of-the-missionary-is-i-am-his-and-he-is-carrying-out-his/) [Oswald Chambers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oswald-chambers/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bases/oswald-chambers/#itemlist", "name": "8 Bases Quotes By Oswald Chambers", "numberOfItems": 8, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The only basis on which to work for God is an esteemed appreciation of his deliverance.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Oswald Chambers" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oswald-chambers/the-only-basis-on-which-to-work-for-god-is-an-esteemed-appreciation/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8b8/oswald-chambers-205_appreciation_the-only-basis-on-which-to-work-for-god_106554.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8b8/oswald-chambers-205_appreciation_the-only-basis-on-which-to-work-for-god_106554.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8b8/oswald-chambers-205_appreciation_the-only-basis-on-which-to-work-for-god_106554.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The only basis on which to work for God is an esteemed appreciation of his deliverance.” — Oswald Chambers", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "It's easier to serve God without a vision, easier to work for God without a call, because then you are not bothered by what God requires; common sense is your guide, veneered over with Christian sentiment. 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