Quotes by Oswald Chambers

“Tolerating a wrong attitude toward another person causes you to follow the spirit of the devil, no matter how saintly you are.”

“There is no condition of life in which we cannot abide in Jesus. We have to learn to abide in Him wherever we are placed. Our Brilliant Heritage, 946 R”

“There is no joy in the soul that has forgotten what God prizes.”

“It is a solemn thing, and no small scandal in the Kingdom, to see God's children starving while actually seated at the Father's table.”

“We have to take the first step as though there were no God. It is no use to wait for God to help us, He will not: but immediately we arise we find He is there.”

“We tend to use prayer as a last resort, but God wants it to be our first line of defense. We pray when there's nothing else we can do, but God wants us to pray before we do anything at all.Most of ...”

“I want to tell you a growing conviction with me, and that is that as we obey the leadings of the Spirit of God, we enable God to answer the prayers of other people. I mean that our lives, my life, ...”

“What a blessed habit I have found my prayer list, morning by morning, it takes me via the Throne of all Grace straight to the intimate personal heart of each one mentioned here, and I know that He ...”

“Prayer is not an exercise, it is the life of the saint. Beware of anything that stops the offering up of prayer.”

“The purpose of prayer is that we get ahold of God, not of the answer.”

“We look upon prayer simply as a means of getting things for ourselves, but the biblical purpose of prayer is that we may get to know God Himself.”

“To say that 'prayer changes things' is not as close to the truth as saying, 'prayer changes me and then I change things.' God has established things so that prayer, on the basis of redemption, chan...”

“your god may be your little Christian habit - the habit of prayer or Bible reading at certain times of your day. Watch how your Father will upset your schedule if you begin to worship your habit in...”

“Only one in a thousand sits down in the midst of it all and saysI will watch my Father mend this. God must not be treated as a hospital for our broken toys, but as our Father.”

“When we lose sight of God we become hard and dogmatic. We hurl our own petitions at Gods throne and dictate to Him as to what we wish Him to do. We do not worship God, nor do we seek to form the mi...”

“The degree of panic activity in my life is equal to the degree of my lack of personal spiritual experience.”

“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 ...”

“When you are in the dark, listen, and God will give you a very precious message for someone else once you are back in the light.”

“He comes where He commands us to leave.”

“The proof that our relationship is right with God is that we do our best whether we feel inspired or not.”