"It is inbred in us that we have……" — Oswald Chambers
"It is inbred in us that we have to do exceptional things for God: but we have not. We have to be exceptional in the ordinary things, to be holy in mean streets, among mean people, and this is not learned in five minutes"
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588 Quotes by Oswald Chambers
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Faith is deliberate confidence in the character of God whose ways you may not understand at the time.
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Character in a saint means the disposition of Jesus Christ persistently manifested.
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When it is a question of God's almighty Spirit, never say, 'I can't.'
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