The historic idea that the devil tempts men had this remarkable effect, it produced the man of iron who fought; the modern idea of blaming his heredity or his circumstances produces the man who gives in at once. Oswald Chambers More Quotes by Oswald Chambers More Quotes From Oswald Chambers If sin rules in me, God's life in me will be killed; if God rules in me, sin in me will be killed. Oswald Chambers sinifs The aim of the missionary is to do God's will, not to be useful, not to win the heathan; he is useful and does win the heathen, but that is not his aim. His aim is to do the will of his Lord. Oswald Chambers missionarywinningdoe We have no right to judge where we should be put, or to have preconceived notions as to what God is fitting us for. God engineers everything; wherever He puts us, our one great aim is to pour out a whole-hearted devotion to Him in that particular work. 'Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might.' Oswald Chambers judgingmighthands The battle of prayer is against two things in the earthlies: wandering thoughts and lack of intimacy with God's character as revealed in His word. Neither can be cured at once, but they can be cured by discipline. Oswald Chambers prayercharactertwo God is my Father, He loves me, I shall never think of anything He will forget. Why should I worry? Oswald Chambers worryfatherthinking Am I becoming more and more in love with God as a holy God, or with the conception of an amiable Being who says, “Oh well, sin doesn’t matter much”? Oswald Chambers becomingsinmatter We think rightly or wrongly about prayer according to the conception we have in our minds of prayer. If we think of prayer as the breath in our lungs and the blood from our hearts, we think rightly. The blood flows ceaselessly, and breathing continues ceaselessly; we are not conscious of it, but it is always going on. We are not always conscious of Jesus keeping us in perfect joint with God, but if we are obeying Him, He always is. Oswald Chambers prayerheartthinking The reason we see hypocrisy and fraud and unreality in others is because they are all in our own hearts. The great characteristic of a saint is humility-Yes, all those things and other evils would have been manifested in me but for the grace of God, therefore I have no right to judge. Oswald Chambers humilityevilheart The life of faith is not a life of mounting up with wings, but a life of walking and not fainting. Oswald Chambers faintingfaithwings It is much easier to do something than to trust in God; we mistake panic for inspiration. Oswald Chambers panicinspirationmistake To identify with the death of Jesus Christ means that we must die to everything that was never a part of Him. Oswald Chambers meanjesuschrist Jesus Christ became Incarnate for one purpose, to make a way back to God that man might stand before Him as He was created to do, the friend and lover of God Himself. Oswald Chambers purposemenjesus Can Jesus Christ see the agony of His soul in us? He can't unless we are so closely identified with Him that we have His view concerning the people for whom we pray. May we learn to intercede so wholeheartedly that Jesus Christ will be completely and overwhelmingly satisfied with us as intercessors. Oswald Chambers prayerviewsjesus Worship is giving God the best that He has given you. Be careful what you do with the best you have, Whenever you get a blessing from God, give it back to Him as a love gift. Take time to meditate before God and offer the blessing back to Him in a deliberate act of worship. Oswald Chambers worshipblessinggiving Sincerity means that the appearance and the reality are exactly the same. Oswald Chambers sinceritymeanreality Our work begins where God's grace has laid the foundation; we are not to save souls, but to disciple them. Oswald Chambers foundationsoulgrace It is in the middle that human choices are made; the beginning and the end remain with God. The decrees of God are birth and death, and in between those limits man makes his own distress or joy. Oswald Chambers godmendeath Worship and intercession must go together, the one is impossible without the other. Intercession means that we rouse ourselves up to get the mind of Christ about the one for whom we pray. Oswald Chambers prayermindmean My unrestrained commitment of myself to God gives the Holy Spirit the opportunity to grant to me the holiness of Jesus Christ. Oswald Chambers opportunitycommitmentjesus If for one whole day, quietly and determinedly, we were to give ourselves up to the ownership of Jesus and to obeying his orders, we should be amazed at its close to realize all he had packed into that one day. Oswald Chambers givingorderjesus
