We tend to set up success in Christian work as our purpose, but our purpose should be to display the glory of God in human life, to live a life "hidden with Christ in God" in our everyday human conditions. Oswald Chambers More Quotes by Oswald Chambers More Quotes From Oswald Chambers Once the call of God comes to you, start going and never stop. Oswald Chambers Intercessory prayer for one who is sinning prevails. God says so! The will of the man prayed for does not come into question at all, he is connected with God by prayer, and prayer on the basis of the Redemption sets the connection working and God gives life. Oswald Chambers prayer giving men God wants to use us as He used His own Son Oswald Chambers use christian son Our understanding of God is the answer to prayer; getting things from God is God's indulgence of us. When God stops giving us things, He brings us into the place where we can begin to understand Him. Oswald Chambers understanding prayer giving Let the consequences of your obedience be left up to God. Oswald Chambers obedience religious religion Certainty is the mark of the commonsense life-gracious uncertainty is the mark of the spiritual life. Oswald Chambers mark certainty spiritual A good book, in the language of the book-sellers, is a salable one; in that of the curious, a scarce one; in that of men of sense, a useful and instructive one. Oswald Chambers reading men book 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 hands jesus christ Never make a principle out of your experience. Allow God to be as creative with others as He is with you. Oswald Chambers creative principles There is nothing attractive about the gospel to the natural man; the only man who finds the gospel attractive is the man who is convicted of sin. Oswald Chambers he-man sin men Tolerating a wrong attitude toward another person causes you to follow the spirit of the devil, no matter how saintly you are. Oswald Chambers devil matter attitude The Cross did not happen to Jesus: He came on purpose for it. He is “the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world. Oswald Chambers foundation purpose jesus Confidence in the natural world is self-reliance; in the spiritual world, it is God-reliance. Oswald Chambers self spiritual christian Prayer is simple, prayer is supernatural, and to anyone not related to our Lord Jesus Christ, prayer is apt to look stupid. Oswald Chambers stupid prayer jesus Every man is made to reach out beyond his grasp. Oswald Chambers reach-out made men Joy comes from seeing the complete fulfillment of the specific purpose for which I was created and born again, not from successfully doing something of my own choosing. Oswald Chambers born-again purpose joy Never let the sense of failure corrupt your new action. Oswald Chambers action If we understood what happens when we use the Word of God, we would use it oftener. Oswald Chambers word-of-god use christian We are not sent to do battle for God, but to be used by God in His battles. Oswald Chambers used battle 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 sin ifs
