We are in danger of forgetting that we cannot do what God does, and that God will not do what we can… — Oswald Chambers Copy Share Image
The test of a man’s religious life and character is not what he does in the exceptional moments of life, but what… — Oswald Chambers Copy Share Image
We pray pious blether, our will is not in it, and then we say God does not answer; we never asked Him… — Oswald Chambers Copy Share Image
Have you been asking God what He is going to do? He will never tell you. God does not tell you what… — Oswald Chambers Copy Share Image
A practical help in keeping your personal purity unblemished in your relations with other people is to begin to see them as… — Oswald Chambers Copy Share Image
The Bible talks plentifully about joy, but it nowhere talks about a 'happy Christian.' Happiness depends on what happens; joy does not.… — Oswald Chambers Copy Share Image
Get to the end of yourself where you can do nothing, but where He does everything. — Oswald Chambers Copy Share Image
Never run away with the idea that it doesn't matter much what we believe or think; it does. What we believe and… — Oswald Chambers Copy Share Image
So long as there is a human being who does not know Jesus Christ, I am his debtor to serve him until… — Oswald Chambers Copy Share Image
We are in danger of forgetting that we cannot do what God does, and that God will not do what we can… — Oswald Chambers Copy Share Image
The Bible does not thrill; the Bible nourishes. Give time to the reading of the Bible and the recreating effect is as… — Oswald Chambers Copy Share Image
Patience is more than endurance. A saint's life is in the hands of God like a bow and arrow in the hands… — 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
God does not further our spiritual life in spite of our circumstances, but in and by our circumstances. — Oswald Chambers Copy Share Image
God does not give us overcoming life; He gives us life as we overcome. — Oswald Chambers Copy Share Image
It is not what a man does that is of final importance, but what he is in what he does. The atmosphere… — Oswald Chambers Copy Share Image
In times of prosperity we are apt to forget God; we imagine it does not matter whether we recognise Him or not.… — Oswald Chambers Copy Share Image
One of the most difficult questions to answer in Christian work is, 'What do you expect to do?' You don't know what… — Oswald Chambers Copy Share Image
Joy is the great note all through the Bible. We have the notion of joy that arises from good spirits or good… — Oswald Chambers Copy Share Image
Prayer does not fit us for the greater work; prayer is the greater work. — Oswald Chambers Copy Share Image
Satan does not tempt us just to make us do wrong things- he tempts us to make us lose what God has… — Oswald Chambers Copy Share Image
The characteristic of a disciple is not that he does good things, but that he is good in his motives, having been… — Oswald Chambers Copy Share Image
We hear it said that a man will suffer in his life is he does not pray; I question it. What will… — Oswald Chambers Copy Share Image
If we are going to live as disciples of Jesus, we have to remember that all noble things are difficult. The Christian… — Oswald Chambers Copy Share Image
Human nature, if healthy, demands excitement; and if it does not obtain its thrilling excitement in the right way, it will seek… — Oswald Chambers Copy Share Image
A man ceases to be an honest doubter the moment he refuses one way of getting at the truth because he does… — Oswald Chambers Copy Share Image
Our Lord’s making of a disciple is supernatural. He does not build on any natural capacity of ours at all. God does… — Oswald Chambers Copy Share Image
The key to the missionary's work is the authority of Jesus Christ, not the needs of the lost. We are inclined to… — Oswald Chambers Copy Share Image
Prayer is not getting things from God. That is a most initial stage; prayer is getting into perfect communion with God: I… — Oswald Chambers Copy Share Image
God does not expect us to imitate Jesus Christ; He expects us to allow the life of Jesus to be manifested in… — Oswald Chambers Copy Share Image
Intercessory prayer for one who is sinning prevails. God says so! The will of the man prayed for does not come into… — Oswald Chambers Copy Share Image
Let God fling you out (as seed), and do not go until He does. If you select your own spot, you will… — Oswald Chambers Copy Share Image
The aim of the missionary is to do God's will, not to be useful, not to win the heathan; he is useful… — Oswald Chambers Copy Share Image
Once we see Jesus, the impossible things He does in our lives become as natural as breathing. — Oswald Chambers Copy Share Image
If there were never any clouds (sorrows and sufferings) in our lives, we would have no faith. God does not come near… — Oswald Chambers Copy Share Image
Living a life of faith means never knowing where you are being led - but it does mean loving and knowing the… — Oswald Chambers Copy Share Image
If we obey God it is going to cost other people more than it costs us, and that is where the sting… — Oswald Chambers Copy Share Image
God does not exist to answer our prayers, but by our prayers we come to discern the mind of God. — Oswald Chambers Copy Share Image
The loadstar of a saint is God Himself, not estimated usefulness. It is the work that God does through us that count,… — 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 Image
Realize that the Lord is here now, and the freedom you receive is immediate. — Oswald Chambers Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
“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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
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 Image