God can never make us wine if we object to the fingers He uses to crush us with. Oswald Chambers More Quotes by Oswald Chambers More Quotes From Oswald Chambers No matter what changes God has performed in you, never rely on them. Build only on a Person, the Lord Jesus Christ, and on the Spirit He gives. Oswald Chambers matter giving jesus The passion of Christianity comes from deliberately signing away my own rights and becoming a bondservant of Jesus Christ. Until I do that, I will not begin to be a saint. Oswald Chambers passion rights jesus 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. Oswald Chambers upset taken way Never believe that the so-called random events of life are anything less than God’s appointed order. Be ready to discover His divine designs anywhere and everywhere. Oswald Chambers christian god life God's purpose is not to perfect me to make me a trophy in His showcase; He is getting me to the place where He can use me. Let Him do what He wants. Oswald Chambers purpose use perfect No healthy Christian ever chooses suffering; he chooses God's will, as Jesus did, whether it means suffering or not. Oswald Chambers christian mean jesus If God has made your cup sweet, drink it with grace; if He has made it bitter, drink it in communion with Him. Oswald Chambers cups grace sweet When a man gets to despair he knows that all his thinking will never get him out. He will only get out by the sheer creative effort of God. Consequently he is in the right attitude to receive from God that which he cannot gain for himself. Oswald Chambers adversity god attitude There have been prophets and students who handle the Bible like a child's box of bricks; they explain to us the design and structure and purpose; but as time goes on things do not work out in their way at all. They have mistaken the scaffolding for the structure, while all the time God is working out His purpose with a great and undeterred patience. Oswald Chambers work-out design children We have an idea that God is leading us to a particular end, a desired goal; He is not...What we call the process God calls the end. His purpose is that I depend on Him and His power NOW. It is the process, not the end that is glorifying to God. Oswald Chambers purpose goal ideas Not often, but every once in a while, God brings us to a major turning point — a great crossroads in our life. Oswald Chambers christian god life 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. Oswald Chambers majority levels satisfaction The call of God is to preach the gospel--namely, the reality of redemption in our Lord Jesus Christ. The one passion of Paul's life was to proclaim the gospel of God. He welcomed heartbreak, disillusionment , and tribulation for only one reason--these things kept him unmovable in his devotion to the gospel of God. Oswald Chambers passion reality jesus Eternal life is not a gift from God; eternal life is the gift of God. The energy and the power which was so very evident in Jesus will be exhibited in us by an act of the absolute sovereign grace of God, once we have made that complete and effective decision about sin. We have to keep letting go, and slowly, but surely, the great full life of God will invade us, penetrating every part. Oswald Chambers decision letting-go jesus Perseverance is more than endurance." Oswald Chambers perseverance hero letting-go We tend to set up success in Christian work as our purpose, but our purpose should be to display the glory of God in human life, to live a life "hidden with Christ in God" in our everyday human conditions. Oswald Chambers inspiration christian faith The root of all sin is the suspicion that God is not good. Oswald Chambers suspicion sin roots Prayer is the vital breath of the Christian; not the thing that makes him alive, but the evidence that he is alive. Oswald Chambers alive prayer christian If we were never depressed we should not be alive; it is the nature of a crystal never to be depressed. Oswald Chambers crystals alive should Holiness, not happiness, is the chief end of man. Oswald Chambers laughter happiness men