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We think of prayer as a preparation for work, or a calm after having done work, whereas prayer is the essential work.

We think of prayer as a preparation for work, or a calm after having done work, whereas prayer is the essential work.

Oswald Chambers
God, Faith, Christian
Oswald Chambers (2011). “The Quotable Oswald Chambers”, p.307, Discovery House

The battle of prayer is against two things in the earthlies: wandering thoughts and lack of intimacy with God's character as revealed in His word. Neither can be cured at once, but they can be cured by discipline.

Oswald Chambers
Prayer, Character, Two

Realize that the Lord is here now, and the freedom you receive is immediate.

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Realizing, Lord
Oswald Chambers (2010). “My Utmost for His Highest”, p.243, Discovery House

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
God, Sweet, Adversity
Oswald Chambers (2015). “The Love of God: An Intimate Look at the Father-Heart of God”, p.54, Discovery House

Beware of being obsessed with consistency to your own convictions instead of being devoted to God. The important consistency in a saint is not to a principle but to the divine life. It is easier to be an excessive fanatic than it is to be consistently faithful, because God causes an amazing humbling of our religious conceit when we are faithful to Him.

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Religious, Consistency, Faithful
Oswald Chambers (2013). “Utmost: Classic Readings and Prayers from Oswald Chambers”, p.80, Discovery House

There are many things that are perfectly legitimate, but if you are going to concentrate on God you cannot do them.

Oswald Chambers
Ifs
Oswald Chambers (2013). “Utmost: Classic Readings and Prayers from Oswald Chambers”, p.65, Discovery House

Think of the enormous leisure of God! He is never in a hurry. We are always in such a frantic hurry. In the light of the glory of the vision we go forth to do things, but the vision is not real in us yet; and God has to take us into the valley, and put us through fires and floods to batter us into shape, until we get to the place where He can trust us.... Let Him put you on His wheel and whirl you as He likes, and as sure as God is God and you are you, you will turn out exactly in accordance with the vision. Don't lose heart in the process.

Oswald Chambers
Faith, Real, Inspiration
Oswald Chambers (1994). “My Utmost for His Highest: The Golden Book of Oswald Chambers : Features the Author's Daily Prayers”, Discovery House Pub

You say, "But He has not answered." He has, He is so near to you that His silence is the answer. His silence is big with terrific meaning that you cannot understand yet, but presently you will.

Oswald Chambers
Prayer, Silence, Answers
Oswald Chambers (2013). “If You Will Ask: Reflections on the Power of Prayer”, p.47, Discovery House

The test of the life of a saint is not success, but faithfulness in human life as it actually is.

Oswald Chambers
Saint, Tests, Faithfulness
Oswald Chambers (2015). “Not Knowing Whither: The Steps of Abraham's Faith”, p.156, Discovery House

Intercession means that we deliberately substitute God’s interests in others for our natural sympathy with them.

Oswald Chambers
Mean, Natural, Substitutes
Oswald Chambers (2011). “My Utmost for His Highest Classic Edition”, p.260, Discovery House

When you are insulted, you must not only not resent it, but you must make it an opportunity to exhibit the Son of God in your life. And you cannot imitate the nature of Jesus-it is either in you or it is not. A personal insult becomes an opportunity for a saint to reveal the incredible sweetness of the Lord Jesus.

Oswald Chambers
Jesus, Son, Opportunity
Oswald Chambers (2010). “My Utmost for His Highest”, p.410, Discovery House

Do not expect God always to give you His thrilling minutes, but learn to live in the domain of drudgery by the power of God.

Oswald Chambers
Giving, Minutes, Domain
Oswald Chambers (2011). “My Utmost for His Highest Classic Edition”, p.343, Discovery House

When we are consciously aware of being used as broken bread and poured out wine, we have yet another level to reach - a level where all awareness of ourselves and what God is doing through us is completely eliminated. A saint is never consciously a saint - a saint is consciously dependent on God.

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Wine, Broken, Saint
Oswald Chambers (2005). “My Utmost for His Highest”, Discovery House Pub

Reflected peace is the proof that you are right with God because you are at liberty to turn your mind to Him.

Oswald Chambers
Mind, Liberty, Proof
Oswald Chambers (2011). “My Utmost for His Highest Classic Edition”, p.487, Discovery House

When once you realize all that it cost God to forgive you, you will be held as in a vice, constrained by the love of God.

Oswald Chambers
Forgiving, Vices, Cost
Oswald Chambers, Harry Verploegh (1990). “The Oswald Chambers Devotional Reader: 52 Weekly Themes”, Oliver-Nelson Books

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
Christian, Numbers, Causes
Oswald Chambers (2005). “My Utmost for His Highest”, Discovery House Pub

Watch human nature; we are so built that if we do not get thrilled in the right way, we will get thrilled in the wrong. If we are without the thrill of communion with God, we will try to get thrilled by the devil, or by some concoction of human ingenuity.

Oswald Chambers
Trying, Devil, Watches
Oswald Chambers (2015). “Biblical Ethics / The Moral Foundations of Life / The Philosophy of Sin: Ethical Principles for the Christian Life”, p.242, Discovery House

God never estimates what we give from impulse. We are given credit for what we determine in our hearts to give; for the giving that is governed by a fixed determination. The Spirit of God revolutionises our philanthropic instincts. Much of our philanthropy is simply the impulse to save ourselves an uncomfortable feeling. The Spirit of God alters all that. As saints our attitude towards giving is that we give for Jesus Christ's sake, and from no other motive.

Oswald Chambers
Jesus, Determination, Attitude
Oswald Chambers (2011). “The Quotable Oswald Chambers”, p.148, Discovery House

When you have learned to walk in the light of the Lord, bitterness and contention are impossible.

Oswald Chambers
Light, Bitterness, Impossible
Oswald Chambers (2011). “The Quotable Oswald Chambers”, p.20, Discovery House

The agony of a man's affliction is often necessary to put him into the right mood to face the fundamental things of life. The Psalmist says: "Before I was afflicted I went astray, but now have I kept Thy Word.

Oswald Chambers
Men, Agony, Affliction
Oswald Chambers (2015). “The Shadow of an Agony”, p.14, Discovery House

When we lose sight of God we become hard and dogmatic. We hurl our own petitions at God's 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 mind of Christ. If we are hard towards God, we will become hard towards other people.

Oswald Chambers
Sight, People, Mind
Oswald Chambers (2011). “My Utmost for His Highest Classic Edition”, p.190, Discovery House

It is not the thing on which we spend the most time that moulds us, but the thing that exerts the greatest power. Five minutes with God and His Word is worth more than all the rest of the day.

Oswald Chambers
Minutes, Mould, Five
Oswald Chambers (2011). “The Quotable Oswald Chambers”, p.32, Discovery House

Keep your soul fit to manifest the life of the Son of God. Never live on memories; let the word of God be always living and active in you.

Oswald Chambers
Memories, Son, Soul
Oswald Chambers (2011). “My Utmost for His Highest Classic Edition”, p.280, Discovery House

If Jesus ever commanded us to do something that He was unable to equip us to accomplish, He would be a liar. And if we make our own inability a stumbling block or an excuse not to be obedient, it means that we are telling God that there is something which He has not yet taken into account.

Oswald Chambers
Jesus, Liars, Block
Oswald Chambers (2010). “My Utmost for His Highest”, p.271, Discovery House

Peace is the deepest thing a human personality can know; it is almighty

Oswald Chambers
Christian, Personality, Almighty
Oswald Chambers (2011). “Conformed to His Image / Servant as His Lord: Lessons on Living Like Jesus”, p.182, Discovery House

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