You must learn to wrestle against the things that hinder your communication with God. Oswald Chambers More Quotes by Oswald Chambers More Quotes From Oswald Chambers A man ceases to be an honest doubter the moment he refuses one way of getting at the truth because he does not like that way. Oswald Chambers doemenway If there were never any clouds (sorrows and sufferings) in our lives, we would have no faith. God does not come near us without clouds. Oswald Chambers religiousfaithclouds The resentment of discipline of any kind will warp the whole life away from God's purpose. Oswald Chambers disciplinepurposemotivational People say that it is so hard to bring Jesus Christ and present him before the lives of men today. Of course it is. It is so hard that it is impossible except by the power of the indwelling Holy Ghost. Oswald Chambers menpeoplejesus One of the most subtle burdens God ever puts on us as saints is this burden of discernment concerning other souls. He reveals things in order that we may take the burden of these souls before Him and form the mind of Christ about them. It is not that we bring God into touch with our minds, but that we rouse ourselves until God is able to convey His mind to us about the one for whom we intercede. Oswald Chambers soulprayerorder We have to recognize that sin is a fact, not a defect; sin is red-handed mutiny against God. Either God or sin must die in my life...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 mutinyredfacts Faith never knows where it is being led, it knows and loves the One Who is leading. Faith is not resignation to a power we do not know; faith is committal to One Whose character we do know because it has been revealed to us in Jesus Christ. Oswald Chambers and-lovecharacterjesus The nature of the spiritual life is that we are certain in our uncertainty. Oswald Chambers certainspirituallife-is God does not expect us to imitate Jesus Christ; He expects us to allow the life of Jesus to be manifested in our moral flesh. Oswald Chambers fleshdoejesus God gives us the vision, then He takes us down to the valley to batter us into the shape of the vision, and it is in the valley that so many of us faint and give way. Every vision will be made real if we will have patience. Think of the enormous leisure of God! He is never in a hurry. Oswald Chambers leisurechristianthinking When we see Him, we will wonder that we ever could have disobeyed Him. Oswald Chambers wonderreligion Adam was created to be the friend and companion of God, he was to have dominion over all the life in the air and earth and sea, but one thing he was not to have dominion over, and that was himself. Oswald Chambers earthairsea Wherever there is any element of pride or of conceit, Jesus cannot expound a thing. He will take us through the disappointment of a wounded pride of intellect, through disappointment of heart. He will reveal inordinate affections-thin gs over which we never thought He would have to get us alone. Oswald Chambers disappointmentheartjesus We have to keep letting go, and slowly and surely the great full life of God will invade us in every part, and men will take knowledge of us that we have been with Jesus. Oswald Chambers letting-gomenjesus Beware of any work for God that causes or allows you to avoid concentrating on Him. A great number of Christian workers worship their work. The only concern of Christian workers should be their concentration on God. Oswald Chambers causeschristiannumbers We say, sorrow, disaster, calamity. God says, chastening and it sounds sweet to him though it is a discord to our ears. Don't faint when you are rebuked, and don't despise the chastening of the Lord. In your patience possess your souls. Oswald Chambers adversitygodsweet God answers prayer on the ground of Redemption and on no other ground. Oswald Chambers redemptionprayeranswers Intercession means raising ourselves up to the point of getting the mind of Christ regarding the person for whom we are praying. Oswald Chambers prayingmindmean Whenever the conviction of God's Spirit comes there is the softening of the whole nature to obey; but if the obedience is not instant there will come a metallic hardening and a corrupting of the guidance of God. Oswald Chambers obedienceguidancespirit It is a joy to Jesus when a person takes time to walk more intimately with Him. The bearing of fruit is always shown in scripture to be a visible result of an intimate relationship with Jesus Christ. Oswald Chambers intimate-relationshipsjoyjesus
