God is the Great Engineer, creating circumstances to bring about moments in our lives of divine importance, leading us to divine appointments Oswald Chambers More Quotes by Oswald Chambers More Quotes From Oswald Chambers Earnestness is not by any means everything; it is very often a subtle form of pious pride because it is obsessed with the method and not with the Master. Oswald Chambers pride determination mean When we no longer seek God for His blessings, we have time to seek Him for Himself. Oswald Chambers blessing 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. Oswald Chambers dark men jesus Your priorities must be God first, God second, and God third, until your life is continually face to face with God. Oswald Chambers priorities faces firsts Whenever the insistence is on the point that God answers prayer, we are off the track. The meaning of prayer is that we get hold of God, not of the answer. Oswald Chambers track prayer answers Have you been asking God what He is going to do? He will never tell you. God does not tell you what He is going to do; He reveals to you Who He is. Oswald Chambers asking-god asking doe All of God’s people are ordinary people who have been made extraordinary by the purpose He has given them. Oswald Chambers purpose ordinary people We actually slander and dishonor God by our very eagerness to serve Him without knowing Him. Oswald Chambers dishonor slander knowing God cannot reveal anything to us if we have not His spirit. Oswald Chambers ifs spirit Don't read to remember; read to realize. Oswald Chambers realizing remember Am I as spontaneously kind to God as I used to be, or am I only expecting God to be kind to me? Am I full of the little things that cheer His heart over me, or am I whimpering because things are going hardly with me? There is no joy in the soul that has forgotten what God prizes. Oswald Chambers spiritual faith god When we say "Thy will be done," do we say it with a sigh? If so, we have never realized that the character of God is holy love; nothing can ever happen outside His purposeful will. Oswald Chambers holy done character There are many things that are perfectly legitimate, but if you are going to concentrate on God you cannot do them. Oswald Chambers ifs I cannot give up my will - I must exercise it, putting it into action. Oswald Chambers giving-up action exercise 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. Oswald Chambers religious christian god Our Lord’s teaching is always anti-self-realization. His purpose is not the development of a man; His purpose is to make a man exactly like Himself, and the characteristic of the Son of God is self-expenditure. Oswald Chambers teaching men son We are in danger of being stern where God is tender, and of being tender where God is stern. Oswald Chambers danger One of the greatest snares is the number of good things we might do. Jesus Christ never did the good things He might have done, He did everything He ought to do because He had His eye fixed on His Father's will and He sacrificed Himself for His Father. Oswald Chambers christian faith god Eternal life is not a gift from God; eternal life is the gift OF GOD. Oswald Chambers eternal-life gift-from-god life-is The secret of the missionary is...I am His, and He is carrying out His work through me. Oswald Chambers inspiration secret faith
