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
The center of salvation is the Cross of Jesus, and the reason it is so easy to obtain salvation is because it… — Oswald Chambers Copy Share Image
It is much easier to do something than to trust in God. That is why there are so few fellow workers with… — Oswald Chambers Copy Share Image
“O could I tell, you surely would believe it! O could I only say what I have seen! How should I tell… — Oswald Chambers Copy Share Image
The majority of us do not enthrone God, we enthrone common sense. We make our decisions and then ask the real God… — Oswald Chambers Copy Share Image
Tolerating a wrong attitude toward another person causes you to follow the spirit of the devil, no matter how saintly you are. — Oswald Chambers Attitude Copy Share Image
When we become advocates of a creed, something dies; we do not believe God, we only believe our belief about Him. — Oswald Chambers Belief 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
If you are going to be used by God, He will take you through a number of experiences that are not meant… — Oswald Chambers Copy Share Image
Prayer is the practice of drawing on the grace of God. Don't say, "I will endure this until I can get away… — Oswald Chambers Action Copy Share Image
When you pray, things remain the same, but you begin to be different. The same thing when a man falls in love,… — Oswald Chambers Copy Share Image
Depression tends to turn us away from the everyday things of God’s creation. But whenever God steps in, His inspiration is to… — Oswald Chambers Creation Copy Share Image
When God gets us alone through suffering, heartbreak, temptation, disappointment, sickness, or by thwarted friendship - when He gets us absolutely alone,… — Oswald Chambers Disappointment Copy Share Image
If we are devoted to the cause of humanity, we shall soon be crushed and broken-hearted, for we shall often meet with… — Oswald Chambers Copy Share Image
The marvel of the Redemptive Reality of God is that the worst and the vilest can never get to the bottom of… — Oswald Chambers Copy Share Image
“ Don’t get impatient with others. Remember how God dealt with you—with patience and with gentleness. But never water down the truth of… — Oswald Chambers Disciples Copy Share Image
“It is easier to be an excessive fanatic than to be consistently faithful, because God causes an amazing humbling of our religious… — Oswald Chambers Faithful god Copy Share Image
Watch where Jesus went. The one dominant note in His life was to do His Father's will. His was not the way… — Oswald Chambers Copy Share Image
The entrance into the Kingdom is through the panging pains of repentance crashing into a man's respectable goodness; then the Holy Ghost,… — Oswald Chambers Agony Copy Share Image
“Emotion is not simply an overplus of feeling; it is life lived at white-heat, a state of wonder. To lose wonder is… — Oswald Chambers Emotion Copy Share Image
It is easy for us to tarnish God's character because He never argues back; He never tries to defend or vindicate himself. — Oswald Chambers Copy Share Image
Too often we treat prayer as the preparation for the work of the church. Do you not see? Prayer IS the work… — Oswald Chambers Church Copy Share Image
Paul welcomed hearbreak, disillusionment and tribulation for only one reason - - these things kept him immovable in his devotion to the… — Oswald Chambers Christianity Copy Share Image
At times God puts us through the discipline of darkness to teach us to heed Him. Song birds are taught to sing… — Oswald Chambers Bird Copy Share Image
“No man by mere high human wisdom would dare undertake a step for Jesus’ sake unless he knows that the Holy Spirit… — Oswald Chambers Holy spirit 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 Delight Copy Share Image
Never forget that our capacity and capability in spiritual matters is measured by, and based on, the promises of God. — Oswald Chambers Copy Share Image
When we say "Thy will be done," do we say it with a sigh? If so, we have never realized that the… — Oswald Chambers Character 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 Devil Copy Share Image
The greatest test of Christianity is the wear and tear of daily life; it is like the shining of silver: the more… — Oswald Chambers Copy Share Image
“Faith is rooted in the knowledge of a Person, and one of the biggest traps we fall into is the belief that… — Oswald Chambers Belief Copy Share Image
Spend plenty of time with God; let other things go, but don't neglect Him. We are not here to do work for… — Oswald Chambers Copy Share Image
Only one in a thousand sits down in the midst of it all and says—I will watch my Father mend this. God… — Oswald Chambers Copy Share Image
It never cost a disciple anything to follow Jesus; to talk about cost when you are in love with anyone is an… — Oswald Chambers Copy Share Image
If God allows you to be stripped of the exterior portions of your life, He means for you to cultivate the interior — Oswald Chambers Copy Share Image
“As Christians we are not here for our own purpose at all—we are here for the purpose of God, and the two… — Oswald Chambers Christianity Copy Share Image
As soon as we abandon ourselves to God and do the task He has placed closest to us, He begins to fill… — Oswald Chambers Copy Share Image
Earnestness is not by any means everything; it is very often a subtle form of pious pride because it is obsessed with… — Oswald Chambers Determination Copy Share Image
The battle of prayer is against two things in the earthlies: wandering thoughts and lack of intimacy with God's character as revealed… — Oswald Chambers Battle Copy Share Image
No matter who or what we are, God restores us to right standing with Himself only by means of the death of… — Oswald Chambers Christ Copy Share Image