It is not true to say that God wants to teach us something in our trials. Through every cloud He brings our way, He wants us to unlearn something. Oswald Chambers More Quotes by Oswald Chambers More Quotes From Oswald Chambers We tend to use prayer as a last resort, but God wants it to be our first line of defense. Oswald Chambers defenseuseprayer Spiritual character is only made by standing loyal to God's character, no matter what distress the trial of faith brings. The distress and agony the prophets experienced was the agony of believing God when everything that was happening contradicted what they proclaimed Him to be; there was nothing to prove that God was just and true, but everything to prove the opposite. Oswald Chambers spiritualcharacterbelieve It is impossible to get exhausted in work for God. We get exhausted because we try to do God's work in our own way. Oswald Chambers impossibletryingway God's will is hard only when it comes up against our stubbornness, then it is as cruel as a ploughshare and as devastating as an earthquake. Oswald Chambers stubbornnesscome-upearthquakes There is nothing to be valued more highly than to have people praying for us; God links up His power in answer to their prayers. Oswald Chambers prayeranswerspeople Spiritual lust--'I must have it at once'--causes me to demand an answer from God, instead of seeking God himself who gives the answer. Is today 'the third day' and He has still not done what I expected? Whenever we insist that God should give us an answer to prayer we are off track. The purpose of prayer is that we get a hold of God, not of the answer. Oswald Chambers trackprayerspiritual We are not made for the mountains, for sunrises, or for the other beautiful attractions in life - those are simply intended to be moments of inspiration. We are made for the valley and the ordinary things of life and that is where we have to prove our stamina and strength. Oswald Chambers sunriseinspirationbeautiful Live in a constant state of expectancy, and leave room for God to come in as He decides. Oswald Chambers constantstatesrooms When the darkness of dismay comes, endure until it is over, because out of it will come that following of Jesus which is an unspeakable joy. Oswald Chambers darknessjoyjesus When a man is born from above, the life of the Son of God is born in him, and he can either starve that life or nourish it. Prayer is the way the life of God is nourished. Our ordinary views of prayer are not found in the New Testament. We look upon prayer as a means of getting things for ourselves; the Bible's idea of prayer is that we may get to know God Himself. Oswald Chambers prayermeanson When Jesus Christ shed his blood on the cross, it was not the blood of a martyr; or the blood of one man for another; it was the life of God poured out to redeem the world. Oswald Chambers menbloodjesus The people who influence us most are not those who buttonhole us and talk to us, but those who live their lives like the stars in heaven and the lilies in the field, perfectly simply and unaffectedly. Those are the lives that mould Oswald Chambers starsheavenpeople There is no need to get to a place of prayer; pray wherever you are. Oswald Chambers prayingprayerneeds Jesus Christ carries on intercession for us in heaven; the Holy Ghost carries on intercession in us on earth; and we the saints have to carry on intercession for all men. Oswald Chambers prayermenjesus Believe steadfastly on Him and everything that challenges you will strengthen your faith. There is continual testing in the life of faith up to the point of our physical death, which is the last great test. Faith is absolute trust in God-trust that could never imagine that He would forsake us. Oswald Chambers testschallengesbelieve All heaven is interested in the cross of Christ, all hell terribly afraid of it, while men are the only beings who more or less ignore its meaning. Oswald Chambers easterchristianmen Isaiah was so attuned to God, because of the great crisis he had just endured, that the call of God penetrated his soul. The majority of us cannot hear anything but ourselves. And we cannot hear anything God says. But to be brought to the place where we can hear the call of God is to be profoundly changed. Oswald Chambers majoritychangedsoul If a crisis has come to you on any front, surrender your will to Jesus absolutely and irrevocably. Oswald Chambers surrendercrisisjesus Trust completely in God, and when He brings you to a new opportunity of adventure, offering it to you, see that you take it. Oswald Chambers offeringopportunityadventure Have you ever sought God with your whole heart, or have you simply given Him a feeble cry after some emotionally painful experience? Oswald Chambers painful-experiencescryheart
