Oswald Chambers
Oswald Chambers
Oswald Chamberswas an early twentieth-century Scottish Baptist and Holiness Movement evangelist and teacher, best known for the devotional My Utmost for His Highest...
NationalityScottish
ProfessionTheologian
Date of Birth24 July 1874
jesus attitude heart
Narrow all your interests until the attitude of mind and heart and body is concentration on Jesus Christ.
self perspective devil
I must learn that the purpose of my life belongs to God, not me. God is using me from His great personal perspective, and all He asks of me is that I trust Him. ... When I stop telling God what I want, He can freely work His will in me without any hindrance. ... Self-pity is of the devil, and if I wallow in it I cannot be used by God for His purpose in the world.
spiritual prayer irritation
If we pray only because we want answers, we will become irritated and angry with God. We receive an answer every time we pray, but it does not always come in the way we expect, and our spiritual irritation shows our refusal to identify ourselves truly with our Lord in prayer. We are not here to prove that God answers prayer, but to be living trophies of God’s grace.
christian saint should
Many of us have a mental conception of what a Christian should be, and the lives of the saints become a hindrance to our concentration on God.
tests saint faithfulness
The test of the life of a saint is not success, but faithfulness in human life as it actually is.
valleys glory gods-will
We have all had times...when we have seen things from God's standpoint and have wanted to stay there; but God will never allow us to stay there. ...[I]t is in the valley where we live for the glory of God.
gods-will knows
God will never reveal more truth about himself until you have obeyed what you know already
earth spirit hell
No power on earth or in hell can conquer the Spirit of God in a human spirit
blessing giving god-blessing
Whenever you get a blessing from God, give it back to Him as a love gift.
would-be gods-will prove
Tell God you are ready to be offered, and God will prove Himself to be all you ever dreamed He would be.
blessing men saint
God has one destined end for mankind - holiness! His one aim is the production of saints. God is not an eternal blessing-machine for men. He did not come to save men out of pity. He came to save men because He had created them to be holy.
opinion
Make converts to your own thoughts and opinions.
disease red weakness
Sin is not weakness, it is a disease; it is red-handed rebellion against God and the magnitude of that rebellion is expressed by Calvary's cross.
complaining explanation no-complaining
God expects no complaining on our part and offers no explanation on His part.