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 attitude son
Is the Son of God praying in me, or am I dictating to Him?... Prayer is not simply getting things from God, that is a most initial form of prayer; prayer is getting into perfect communion with God. If the Son of God is formed in us by regeneration, He will press forward in front of our common sense and change our attitude to the things about which we pray.
spiritual doe circumstances
God does not further our spiritual life in spite of our circumstances, but in and by our circumstances.
prayer order giving
God never gives us discernment in order that we may criticize, but that we may intercede.
communication hinder communication-with-god
You must learn to wrestle against the things that hinder your communication with God.
taken upset way
Don't plan without God. God seems to have a delightful way of upsetting the plans we have made, when we have not taken Him into account.
taken may hearing
What hinders me from hearing is that I am taken up with other things. It is not that I will not hear God, but I am not devoted in the right place. I am devoted to things, to service, to convictions, and God may say what He likes but I do not hear Him.
spiritual life-is obedience
The best measure of a spiritual life is not its ecstasies but its obedience.
levels satisfaction majority
Happiness is not a sign that we are right with God; happiness is a sign of satisfaction, that is all, and the majority of us can be satisfied on too low a level.
grace soul foundation
Our work begins where God's grace has laid the foundation; we are not to save souls, but to disciple them.
jesus men understanding
The golden rule for understanding spiritually is not intellect, but obedience. If a man wants scientific knowledge, intellectual curiosity is his guide; but if he wants insight into what Jesus Christ teaches, he can only get it by obedience.
neglect workers time-with-god
Spend plenty of time with God; let other things go, but don't neglect Him. We are not here to do work for God, we are here to be workers with Him, those through whom He can do His work.
self elements power-of-god
Every element of our own self-reliance must be put to death by the power of God.
giving use want
Am I learning how to use my Bible? The way to become complete for the Master’s service is to be well soaked in the Bible; some of us only exploit certain passages. Our Lord wants to give us continuous instruction out of His word; continuous instruction turns hearers into disciples.
spirit characteristics blazing
The main characteristic which is the proof of the indwelling Spirit is an amazing tenderness in personal dealing, and a blazing truthfulness with regard to God's Word.