Never focus your eyes on the obstacle or the difficulty. The obstacle will be a matter of total indifference to the river that will flow steadily through you if you will simply remember to stay focused on the Source. Oswald Chambers More Quotes by Oswald Chambers More Quotes From Oswald Chambers The people who influence us are those who have stood unconsciously for the right thing. They are like the stars and the lilies, and the joy of God flows through them all the time. Oswald Chambers stars joy people We are not built for ourselves, but for God. Not for service for God, but for God. Oswald Chambers built All Christians have the Spirit of Christ, but not all Christians have the mind of Christ. Oswald Chambers spirit christian mind Do not expect God always to give you His thrilling minutes, but learn to live in the domain of drudgery by the power of God. Oswald Chambers domain minutes giving Pray because you have a Father, not because it quietens you, and give Him time to answer. Oswald Chambers prayer giving father We are in danger of forgetting that we cannot do what God does, and that God will not do what we can do. Oswald Chambers christianity doe forget The real attitude of sin in the heart towards God is that of being without God; it is pride, the worship of myself, that is the great atheistic fact in human life. Oswald Chambers atheist real attitude Intercession means that we deliberately substitute God’s interests in others for our natural sympathy with them. Oswald Chambers substitutes natural mean If we are going to live as disciples of Jesus, we have to remember that all noble things are difficult. The Christian life is gloriously difficult, but the difficulty of it does not make us faint and cave in, it rouses us up to overcome. Oswald Chambers overcoming christian jesus God does not further our spiritual life in spite of our circumstances, but in and by our circumstances. Oswald Chambers spite spiritual doe You do not know what you are going to do,the only thing you know is that God knows what He is doing.......It is this attitude that keeps you in perpetual wonder-you do not know what God is going to do next. Oswald Chambers next wonder attitude No love of the natural heart is safe unless the human heart has been satisfied by God FIRST Oswald Chambers safe heart firsts No power on earth or in hell can conquer the Spirit of God in a human spirit Oswald Chambers religious christian god We are not to preach the doing of good things; good deeds are not to be preached, they are to be performed. Oswald Chambers good-deeds good-things deeds The Spirit is the first power we practically experience, but the last power we come to understand. Oswald Chambers lasts spirit firsts Happiness depends on what happens; joy does not. Oswald Chambers doe happens joy The voice of the Spirit is as gentle as a zephyr, so gentle that unless you are living in perfect communion with God, you never hear it. Oswald Chambers zephyr voice perfect Refusing to be disillusioned is the cause of much of the suffering of human life. Oswald Chambers human-life causes suffering The greatest competitor of devotion to Jesus is service to Him. It is never 'Do, do' with the Lord, but 'Be, be' and He will 'do' through you. The only way to keep true to God is by a steady persistent refusal to be interested in Christian work and to be interested alone in Jesus Christ. Oswald Chambers christian way jesus What is the sign of a friend? Is it that he tells you his secret sorrows? No, it is that he tells you his secret joys. Many people will confide their secret sorrows to you, but the final mark of intimacy is when they share their secret joys with you. Oswald Chambers sorrow joy people
