The characteristic of the new birth is that I yield myself so completely to God that Christ is formed in me. Oswald Chambers More Quotes by Oswald Chambers More Quotes From Oswald Chambers Ask God for what you want, but you cannot ask if you are not asking for a right thing. When you draw near to God, you cease from asking for things."Your Father knows what things you have need of, before you ask him." Then, why ask? That you may get to know Him. Oswald Chambers prayerfatherneeds Living a life of faith means never knowing where you are being led - but it does mean loving and knowing the One who is leading. It is literally a life of FAITH, not of understanding and reason- - a life of knowing Him who calls us to go. Oswald Chambers religiousfaithmean The agony of a man's affliction is often necessary to put him into the right mood to face the fundamental things of life. The Psalmist says: "Before I was afflicted I went astray, but now have I kept Thy Word. Oswald Chambers afflictionagonymen Suppose God wants to teach you to say, "I know how to be abased"--are you ready to be offered up like that? Are you ready to be not so much as a drop in a bucket--to be so hopelessly insignificant that you are never thought of again in connection with the life you served? Are you willing to spend and be spent; not seeking to be ministered unto, but to minister? Oswald Chambers bucketsconnectionswant We are built for the valley, for the ordinary stuff we are in, and that is where we have to prove our mettle. Oswald Chambers valleysordinarystuff We lean to our own understanding, or we bank on service and do away with prayer, and consequently by succeeding in the external we fail in the eternal, because in the eternal we succeed only by prevailing prayer. Oswald Chambers succeedunderstandingprayer I have no right to say I believe in God unless I order my life as under His all-seeing Eye. Oswald Chambers faithgodlife Keep your soul fit to manifest the life of the Son of God. Never live on memories; let the word of God be always living and active in you. Oswald Chambers soulmemoriesson We should always choose our books as God chooses our friends, just a bit beyond us, so that we have to do our level best to keep up with them. Oswald Chambers godinspirationalfriendship Conscience is the internal perception of God's Moral Law. Oswald Chambers moralperceptionlaw You will never cease to be the most amazed person on earth at what God has done for you on the inside. Oswald Chambers christian-inspirationaldoneearth It is much easier to do something than to trust in God. That is why there are so few fellow workers with God and so many workers for Him. We would far rather work for God than believe in Him. Oswald Chambers trust-in-godeasierbelieve If sympathy is all that human beings need, then the Cross of Christ is an absurdity and there is absolutely no need for it. What the world needs is not "a little bit of love," but major surgery. If you think you are helping lost people with your sympathy and understanding, you are a traitor to Jesus Christ. You must have a right-standing relationship with Him yourself, and pour your life out in helping others in His way— not in a human way that ignores God. Oswald Chambers helping-othersjesusthinking Watch human nature; we are so built that if we do not get thrilled in the right way, we will get thrilled in the wrong. If we are without the thrill of communion with God, we will try to get thrilled by the devil, or by some concoction of human ingenuity. Oswald Chambers deviltryingwatches If I obey Jesus Christ, the redemption of God will flow through me to the lives of others, because behind the deed of obedience is the reality of Almighty God. Oswald Chambers redemptionrealityjesus It is easy to turn our religious life into a cathedral for beautiful memories, but there are feet to be washed . . . Oswald Chambers religiousbeautifulmemories Character in a saint means the disposition of Jesus Christ persistently manifested. Oswald Chambers charactermeanjesus A practical help in keeping your personal purity unblemished in your relations with other people is to begin to see them as God does. Say to yourself, “That man or that woman is perfect in Christ Jesus! That friend or that relative is perfect in Christ Jesus! Oswald Chambers menpeoplejesus Be rightly related to God, find your joy there, and out of you will flow rivers of living water. Oswald Chambers riversjoywater When we are abandoned to God, He works through us all the time. Oswald Chambers abandoned
