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title: "5 Guides Quotes By Oswald Chambers"
description: "5 Guides quotes by Oswald Chambers. Plus more from Oswald Chambers and more Guides sayings from other authors."
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> [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/)

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> [I have to get to the point of the absolute and unquestionable relationship that takes everything exactly as it comes from Him.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oswald-chambers/i-have-to-get-to-the-point-of-the-absolute-and-unquestionable/)

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

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> [The God who guides the stars, unhasting and unresting, will as assuredly fulfill what He has promised.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oswald-chambers/the-god-who-guides-the-stars-unhasting-and-unresting-will-as/)

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

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> [The golden rule for understanding spiritually is not intellect, but obedience. If a man wants scientific knowledge, intellectual curiosity is his guide;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oswald-chambers/the-golden-rule-for-understanding-spiritually-is-not-intellect-but/)

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

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/506/oswald-chambers-205_christ_the-golden-rule-for-understanding-spirit_3063416.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/)

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## Other authors on Guides

## 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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