The real test of a saint is not one's willingness to preach the gospel, but one's willingness to do something like washing… — Oswald Chambers Christianity Copy Share Image
Our Lord never referred to unanswered prayer. He taught that prayers are always answered: “Everyone who asks receives”. And He implied that… — Oswald Chambers Answered prayers Copy Share Image
“You cannot have a moral holiday and remain moral, nor can you have a spiritual holiday and remain spiritual. God wants you… — Oswald Chambers Discipleship Copy Share Image
We have an idea that God is leading us to a particular end, a desired goal; He is not...What we call the… — Oswald Chambers Copy Share Image
Can Jesus Christ see the agony of His soul in us? He can't unless we are so closely identified with Him that… — Oswald Chambers Agony 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 Attitude Copy Share Image
To terrorize a man into believing in God is never the work of God, but the work of human expediency. If we… — 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
To be a holy person means that the elements of our natural life experience the very presence of God as they are… — Oswald Chambers Agreement 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
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
To say that 'prayer changes things' is not as close to the truth as saying, 'prayer changes me and then I change… — Oswald Chambers Copy Share Image
Perseverance is more than endurance." It is endurance combined with absolute assurance and certainty that what we are looking for is going… — Oswald Chambers Absolutes 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
“We seem to think that God wants us to give up things!... God nowhere tells us to give up things for the… — Oswald Chambers Life Copy Share Image
The honour of Jesus Christ is at stake in your bodily life. Are you remaining loyal to the Son of God in… — Oswald Chambers Copy Share Image
“God never tells us to give up things just for the sake of giving them up, but He tells us to give… — Oswald Chambers Life Copy Share Image
Jesus Christ out-socialists the socialists. He says that in His Kingdom he that is greatest shall be the servant of all. The… — Oswald Chambers Christ Copy Share Image
The reason we see hypocrisy and fraud and unreality in others is because they are all in our own hearts. The great… — Oswald Chambers Copy Share Image
God seems to have a delightful way of upsetting the things we have calculated on without taking Him into account. We get… — 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
We say, sorrow, disaster, calamity. God says, chastening and it sounds sweet to him though it is a discord to our ears.… — Oswald Chambers Adversity Copy Share Image
Sanctification means the impartation of the Holy qualities of Jesus Christ. It is His patience, His love, His holiness, His faith, His… — Oswald Chambers Christ Copy Share Image
Beware of being obsessed with consistency to your own convictions instead of being devoted to God. The important consistency in a saint… — Oswald Chambers Copy Share Image
“The burden that God places on us squeezes the grapes in our lives and produces the wine, but most of us see… — Oswald Chambers Human spirit Copy Share Image
When we are consciously aware of being used as broken bread and poured out wine, we have yet another level to reach… — Oswald Chambers Awareness Copy Share Image
We are not made for the mountains, for sunrises, or for the other beautiful attractions in life - those are simply intended… — Oswald Chambers Attraction Copy Share Image
It is impossible to live the life of a disciple without definite times of secret prayer. You will find that the place… — Oswald Chambers Blessing Copy Share Image
One of the most subtle burdens God ever puts on us as saints is this burden of discernment concerning other souls. He… — Oswald Chambers Copy Share Image
The Bible is not a book that you can open and say, 'Now, Lord, put some magic into my soul that will… — Oswald Chambers Bible Copy Share Image
“Satan takes occasion of the frailty of the bodily temple and says, 'Now you know you cannot do that; you are so… — Oswald Chambers Healing 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
God’s training is for now, not presently. His purpose is for this minute, not for something in the future. we have nothing… — Oswald Chambers Copy Share Image
If you have become bitter and sour, it is because when God gave you a blessing you hoarded it. Yet if you… — Oswald Chambers Copy Share Image
We have the idea that God is going to do some exceptional thing- that He is preparing and equipping us for some… — Oswald Chambers Assurance 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
Drudgery is one of the finest touchstones of character there is. Drudgery is work that is very far removed from anything to… — Oswald Chambers Character Copy Share Image
I must learn that the purpose of my life belongs to God, not me. God is using me from His great personal… — Oswald Chambers Copy Share Image
“a full and overflowing life does not rest in bodily health, in circumstances, nor even in seeing God’s work succeed, but in… — Oswald Chambers Health Copy Share Image
The golden rule for understanding spiritually is not intellect, but obedience. If a man wants scientific knowledge, intellectual curiosity is his guide;… — Oswald Chambers Christ Copy Share Image
