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title: "5 Exceptional Quotes By Oswald Chambers"
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> [The test of a man’s religious life and character is not what he does in the exceptional moments of life, but what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oswald-chambers/the-test-of-a-man-s-religious-life-and-character-is-not-what-he-does/)

[Oswald Chambers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oswald-chambers/)

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> [We are not built for the mountains and the dawns and aesthetic affinities, those are for moments of inspiration, that is all.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oswald-chambers/we-are-not-built-for-the-mountains-and-the-dawns-and-aesthetic/)

[Oswald Chambers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oswald-chambers/)

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> [We can all see God in exceptional things, but it requires the culture of spiritual discipline to see God in every detail.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oswald-chambers/we-can-all-see-god-in-exceptional-things-but-it-requires-the-culture/)

[Oswald Chambers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oswald-chambers/)

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> [It is inbred in us that we have to do exceptional things for God: but we have not. We have to be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oswald-chambers/it-is-inbred-in-us-that-we-have-to-do-exceptional-things-for-god-but-2/)

[Oswald Chambers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oswald-chambers/)

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> [We have the idea that God is going to do some exceptional thing- that He is preparing and equipping us for some…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oswald-chambers/we-have-the-idea-that-god-is-going-to-do-some-exceptional-thing-that/)

[Oswald Chambers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oswald-chambers/)

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## Other authors on Exceptional

## 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/)

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