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When a man is born from above, the life of the Son of God is born in him, and he can either starve that life or nourish it. Prayer is the way the life of God is nourished. Our ordinary views of prayer are not found in

When a man is born from above, the life of the Son of God is born in him, and he can either starve that life or nourish it. Prayer is the way the life of God is nourished. Our ordinary views of prayer are not found in the New Testament. We look upon prayer as a means of getting things for ourselves; the Bible's idea of prayer is that we may get to know God Himself.

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Prayer, Mean, Son

We actually slander and dishonor God by our very eagerness to serve Him without knowing Him.

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Knowing, Dishonor, Slander
Oswald Chambers (2010). “My Utmost for His Highest”, p.572, Discovery House

We are here for God's designs, not for our own

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Design
Oswald Chambers (2011). “The Love of God: An Intimate Look at the Father-Heart of God”, p.66, Discovery House

The Bible is not a book that you can open and say, 'Now, Lord, put some magic into my soul that will open up the meaning of this book.' There is only one way really to understand the Word, and that is through wrestling with the circumstances and happenings of life.

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Book, Wrestling, Soul
Oswald Chambers (1986). “Devotions for a Deeper Life”, p.52, Harper Collins

When you are in the dark, listen, and God will give you a very precious message.

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Dark, Giving, Messages
Oswald Chambers (2010). “My Utmost for His Highest”, p.108, Discovery House

God is my Father, He loves me, I shall never think of anything He will forget. Why should I worry?

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Father, Thinking, Worry
Oswald Chambers (2011). “My Utmost for His Highest Classic Edition”, p.346, Discovery House

Jesus Christ can afford to be misunderstood; we cannot. Our weakness lies in always wanting to vindicate ourselves.

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Jesus, Lying, Misunderstood
Oswald Chambers (2011). “The Quotable Oswald Chambers”, p.18, Discovery House

When we become advocates of a creed, something dies; we do not believe God, we only believe our belief about Him.

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Believe, Belief, Creeds
Oswald Chambers (2011). “My Utmost for His Highest Classic Edition”, p.249, Discovery House

If you have ever prayed in the dawn you will ask yourself why you were so foolish as not to do it always: it is difficult to get into communion with God in the midst of the hurly-burly of the day.

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Prayer, Dawn, Foolish
Oswald Chambers (2010). “Prayer: A Holy Occupation”, p.20, Discovery House

The Cross did not happen to Jesus: He came on purpose for it. He is “the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.

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Jesus, Foundation, Purpose
Oswald Chambers (2011). “My Utmost for His Highest Classic Edition”, p.204, Discovery House

God never gives strength for tomorrow, or for the next hour, but only for the strain of the minute.

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Giving, Next, Tomorrow
Oswald Chambers (2011). “My Utmost for His Highest Classic Edition”, p.440, Discovery House

Never be hurried out of the relationship of abiding in Him.

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Abiding
Oswald Chambers (2011). “The Quotable Oswald Chambers”, p.13, Discovery House

Am I as spontaneously kind to God as I used to be, or am I only expecting God to be kind to me? Am I full of the little things that cheer His heart over me, or am I whimpering because things are going hardly with me? There is no joy in the soul that has forgotten what God prizes.

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God, Faith, Spiritual
Oswald Chambers (2011). “The Quotable Oswald Chambers”, p.106, Discovery House

Never let the sense of failure corrupt your new action.

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Action
Oswald Chambers (2011). “The Quotable Oswald Chambers”, p.135, Discovery House

No man has ever gone through the crisis of deliberately making Jesus Lord and found Him to be a failure.

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Jesus, Men, Gone
Oswald Chambers (2011). “The Love of God: An Intimate Look at the Father-Heart of God”, p.63, Discovery House

One of the greatest snares is the number of good things we might do. Jesus Christ never did the good things He might have done, He did everything He ought to do because He had His eye fixed on His Father's will and He sacrificed Himself for His Father.

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God, Faith, Christian
Oswald Chambers (2011). “The Quotable Oswald Chambers”, p.154, Discovery House

The one true mark of a saint of God is the inner creativity that flows from being totally surrendered to Jesus Christ.

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Jesus, Creativity, Saint
Oswald Chambers (2013). “Utmost: Classic Readings and Prayers from Oswald Chambers”, p.58, Discovery House

There is nothing to be valued more highly than to have people praying for us; God links up His power in answer to their prayers.

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Prayer, People, Answers
Oswald Chambers (2010). “Prayer: A Holy Occupation”, p.43, Discovery House

The great paralysis of our heart is unbelief.

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Christian, Heart, Paralysis
Oswald Chambers, Harry Verploegh (1990). “The Oswald Chambers Devotional Reader: 52 Weekly Themes”, Oliver-Nelson Books

Dreaming about a thing in order to do it properly is right; but dreaming about it when we should be doing it is wrong.

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Dream, Order, Should
Oswald Chambers (2011). “My Utmost for His Highest Classic Edition”, p.112, Discovery House

Discipleship is based solely on devotion to Jesus Christ, not on following after a particular belief or doctrine.

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Christian, Jesus, Doctrine
Oswald Chambers (2010). “My Utmost for His Highest”, p.360, Discovery House

It is easy to turn our religious life into a cathedral for beautiful memories, but there are feet to be washed . . .

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Beautiful, Religious, Memories
Oswald Chambers (2015). “Run Today's Race: A Word from Oswald Chambers for Every Day of the Year”, p.11, Discovery House

The measure of the worth of our public activity for God is the private profound communion we have with Him.

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Profound, Communion, Activity
Oswald Chambers (2011). “My Utmost for His Highest Classic Edition”, p.23, Discovery House

The greatest competitor of devotion to Jesus is service for Him.

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Jesus, Devotion, Competitors
Oswald Chambers (2011). “My Utmost for His Highest Classic Edition”, p.47, Discovery House

A private relationship of worshiping God is the greatest essential element of spiritual fitness.

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Spiritual, Essentials, Elements
Oswald Chambers (2005). “My Utmost for His Highest”, Discovery House Pub

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