God will never reveal more truth about himself until you have obeyed what you know already Oswald Chambers More Quotes by Oswald Chambers More Quotes From Oswald Chambers Patience is more than endurance. A saint's life is in the hands of God like a bow and arrow in the hands of an archer. God is aiming at something the saint cannot see, and He stretches and strains, and every now and again the saint says--'I cannot stand anymore.' God does not heed, He goes on stretching till His purpose is in sight, then He lets fly. Trust yourself in God's hands. Maintain your relationship to Jesus Christ by the patience of faith. 'Though He slay me, yet will I trust in Him. Oswald Chambers archersightjesus The whole meaning of prayer is that we may know God. Oswald Chambers religiousfaithgod It is misleading to imagine that we are developed in spite of our circumstances, for we are developed because of them. It is mastery in circumstances that is needed, not mastery over them. Oswald Chambers spitemasteryimagine Jesus Christ out-socialists the socialists. He says that in His Kingdom he that is greatest shall be the servant of all. The real test of the saint is not preaching the gospel, but washing disciples' feet, that is, doing the things that do not count in the actual estimate of men but count everything in the estimate of God. Oswald Chambers realmenjesus Prayer is the evidence that I am spiritually concentrated on God. Oswald Chambers evidencepraying-to-godprayer The Bible does not thrill; the Bible nourishes. Give time to the reading of the Bible and the recreating effect is as real as that of fresh air physically. Oswald Chambers realreadingair Trust God, and do the next thing. Oswald Chambers trust-in-godnext The Christian Church should not be a secret society of specialists, but a public manifestation of believers in Jesus. Oswald Chambers religiouschristianjesus Seeing is never believing: we interpret what we see in the light of what we believe. Faith is confidence in God before you see God emerging, therefore the nature of faith is that it must be tried. Oswald Chambers confidencefaithgod To terrorize a man into believing in God is never the work of God, but the work of human expediency. If we want to convince a congregation of a certain thing, we may use terror to frighten them into it; but never say that is God's way, it is our way. To call that God's method is a travesty to the character of God. Oswald Chambers charactermenbelieve When we lose sight of God we become hard and dogmatic. Oswald Chambers sightmindpeople When a man is at his wits' end it is not a cowardly thing to pray, it is the only way he can get in touch with Reality. Oswald Chambers prayermenreality God's "nothings" are His most positive answers. We have to stay on God and wait. Never try to help God to fulfill His word. Oswald Chambers prayerwaitingtrying Sanctification costs to the extent of "an intense narrowing of all our interests on earth and an immense broadening of all our interests in God. Oswald Chambers costearthtemptation If we rely on the Holy Spirit, we shall find that our prayers become more and more inarticulate; and when they are inarticulate, reverence grows deeper and deeper. Oswald Chambers holyspiritprayer Our yesterdays present irreparable things to us; it is true that we have lost opportunities which will never return, but God can transform this destructive anxiety into a constructive thoughtfulness for the future. Let the past sleep, but let it sleep on the bosom of Christ. Leave the Irreparable Past in His hands, and step out into the Irresistible Future with Him. Oswald Chambers sleepopportunitypast God's training ground, where the missionary weapons are found, is the hidden, personal, worshiping life of the saint. Oswald Chambers trainingsaintmissionary God's end is to enable me to see that he can walk on the chaos of my life just now. Oswald Chambers chaoswalksends The most important aspect of Christianity is not the work we do, but the relationship we maintain and the surrounding influence and qualities produced by that relationship. That is all God asks us to give our attention to, and it is the one thing that is continually under attack. Oswald Chambers qualityimportantgiving Never look for justice in this world, never cease to give it. Oswald Chambers justicegivinglooks
