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
prayer son men
We hear it said that a man will suffer in his life is he does not pray; I question it. What will suffer is the life of the Son of God within him, which is nourished not by food but by prayer...Prayer is the way the life of God is nourished.
jesus soul doctrine
The soul is in danger when knowledge of doctrine outsteps intimate touch with Jesus.
profound communion activity
The measure of the worth of our public activity for God is the private profound communion we have with Him...
jesus cost reason
The center of salvation is the Cross of Jesus, and the reason it is so easy to obtain salvation is because it cost God so much.
dream order should
Dreaming about a thing in order to do it properly is right; but dreaming about it when we should be doing it is wrong.
joy intimacy intimacy-with-god
A life of intimacy with God is characterized by joy.
jesus example today
Today Jesus Christ is being dispatched as the Figurehead of a Religion, a mere example. He is that, but he is infinitely more; He is salvation itself, He is the Gospel of God.
lord social aspect
Our Lord insists on the social aspect of our lives: He shows very distinctly that we cannot further ourselves alone.
beautiful religious memories
It is easy to turn our religious life into a cathedral for beautiful memories, but there are feet to be washed . . .
spiritual father men
Our Lord's first obedience was to the will of his Father, not to the needs of men; the saving of men was the natural outcome of his obedience to the Father.
rivers water joy
Be rightly related to God, find your joy there, and out of you will flow rivers of living water.
jesus dark men
Jesus Christ demands the same unrestrained, adventurous spirit in those who have placed their trust in Him that the natural man exhibits. If a person is ever going to do anything worthwhile, there will be times when he must risk everything by his leap in the dark.
sin ifs
If sin rules in me, God's life in me will be killed; if God rules in me, sin in me will be killed.
strong jesus men
God's grace turns out men and women with a strong family likeness to Jesus Christ, not milksops.