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
It is in the middle that human choices are made; the beginning and the end remain with God. The decrees of God… — Oswald Chambers Copy Share Image
“God showed to man that compliance with His dictates would ever mean eternal bliss and joy unspeakable and life and knowledge forevermore,… — 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 Copy Share Image
Patience has the meaning of testing-a thing drawn out and tested, drawn out to the last strand in a strain without breaking,… — Oswald Chambers Copy Share Image
Joy comes from seeing the complete fulfillment of the specific purpose for which I was created and born again, not from successfully… — Oswald Chambers Copy Share Image
It is a joy to Jesus when a person takes time to walk more intimately with Him. The bearing of fruit is… — Oswald Chambers Copy Share Image
Am I as spontaneously kind to God as I used to be, or am I only expecting God to be kind to… — Oswald Chambers Copy Share Image
We imagine that whatever is unpleasant is our duty! Is that anything like the spirit of our Lord, "I *delight* to do… — Oswald Chambers Copy Share Image
Beware of giving over to mere dreaming when once God has spoken. Leave him to be the source of all your dreams… — Oswald Chambers Copy Share Image
What is the sign of a friend? Is it that he tells you his secret sorrows? No, it is that he tells… — 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
Are you debating whether you should take a step of faith in Jesus, or whether you should wait until you can clearly… — Oswald Chambers Copy Share Image
The people who influence us are those who have stood unconsciously for the right thing. They are like the stars and the… — Oswald Chambers Copy Share Image
Be rightly related to God, find your joy there, and out of you will flow rivers of living water. — Oswald Chambers Copy Share Image
“The things we try to avoid and fight against—tribulation, suffering, and persecution—are the very things that produce abundant joy in us. “We… — 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
