Quotes by Oswald Chambers

“In Him we have . . . the forgiveness of sins . . . —Ephesians 1:7Beware of the pleasant view of the fatherhood of God: God is so kind and loving that of course He will forgive us. That thought, bas...”

“No man by mere high human wisdom would dare undertake a step for Jesus’ sake unless he knows that the Holy Spirit has directly spoken to him; and until He comes, I shall not go.”

“God did not direct His call to Isaiah— Isaiah overheard God saying, ". . . who will go for Us?" The call of God is not just for a select few but for everyone. Whether I hear God’s call or not depen...”

“He is not concerned about making you blessed and happy right now, but He’s continually working out His ultimate perfection for you...”

“The touchstone of the Holy Spirit’s work in us is the answer to our Lord’s question: “Who do men say that the Son of Man is?” Our Lord makes human destiny depend on that one thing, Who men say He i...”

“My worth to God publicly is measured by what I really am in my private life.” Oswald Chambers”

“Human nature if it healthy demands excitement and if it does not obtain its thrilling excitement in the right way it will seek it in the wrong. God never makes bloodless stoics He makes no passionl...”

“We look upon prayer as a means of getting things for ourselves The Bible idea of prayer is that we may get to know God Himself.”

“The purpose of prayer is to reveal the presence of God equally present all the time in every condition.”

“Every time we pray our horizon is altered our attitude to things is altered not sometimes but every time and the amazing thing is that we don't pray more.”

“We have to pray with our eyes on God not on the difficulties.”

“When a man is at his wits' end it is not a cowardly thing to pray it is the only way he can get in touch with Reality.”

“There is no need to get to a place of prayer pray wherever you are.”

“We pray pious blether our will is not in it and then we say God does not answer we never asked Him for anything. Asking means that our wills are in what we ask.”

“If we rely on the Holy Spirit we shall find that our prayers become more and more inarticulate and when they are inarticulate reverence grows deeper and deeper.”

“Prayer is not only asking it is an attitude of heart that produces an atmosphere in which asking is perfectly natural and Jesus says "every one that asketh receiveth."”

“Watch your motive before God have no other motive in prayer than to know Him.”

“God does not exist to answer our prayers but by our prayers we come to discern the mind of God.”

“Whenever the insistence is on the point that God answers prayer we are off the track. The meaning of prayer is that we get hold of God not of the answer.”

“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.”