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

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

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Prayer, Eye, Christian Inspirational
Oswald Chambers (2010). “Prayer: A Holy Occupation”, p.36, Discovery House

Measure your growth in grace by your sensitiveness to sin.

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Grace, Growth, Sin
Oswald Chambers (2011). “The Quotable Oswald Chambers”, p.420, Discovery House

A saint realizes that it is God who engineers his circumstances; consequently there are no complaints, only unrestrained surrender to Jesus.

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Faith, Jesus, Inspiration
Oswald Chambers (2010). “My Utmost for His Highest”, p.333, Discovery House

The Christian who is truly intimate with Jesus will never draw attention to himself but will only show the evidence of a life where Jesus is completely in control. This is the outcome of allowing Jesus to satisfy every area of life to its depth. The picture resulting from such a life is that of the strong, calm balance that our Lord gives to those who are intimate with Him.

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Christian, Strong, Jesus
Oswald Chambers (2010). “My Utmost for His Highest”, p.35, Discovery House

God plants His saints in the most useless places. We say, 'God intends me to be here because I am so useful.' Jesus never estimated His life along the line of the greatest use. God puts His saints where they will glorify Him, and we are no judge at all of where that is.

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Jesus, Judging, Saint
Oswald Chambers (1985). “My Utmost for His Highest”

The scrutiny we give other people should be for ourselves.

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People, Giving, Should
Oswald Chambers (2011). “The Quotable Oswald Chambers”, p.222, Discovery House

Don't plan without God. God seems to have a delightful way of upsetting the plans we have made, when we have not taken Him into account.

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Taken, Upset, Way
Oswald Chambers (2010). “My Utmost for His Highest”, p.392, Discovery House

Don't read to remember; read to realize.

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Remember, Realizing
Oswald Chambers (2015). “Our Brilliant Heritage / If You Will Be Perfect / Disciples Indeed: The Inheritance of God's Transforming Mind & Heart”, p.327, Discovery House

When God gets us alone through suffering, heartbreak, temptation, disappointment, sickness, or by thwarted friendship - when He gets us absolutely alone, and we are totally speechless, unable to ask even one question, then He begins to teach us.

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Heartbreak, God, Disappointment
Oswald Chambers (2010). “My Utmost for His Highest”, p.46, Discovery House

There is actually only one thing you can dedicate to God, and that is your right to yourself. If you will give God your right to yourself, He will make a holy experiment out of you - and His experiments always succeed.

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Inspirational, God, Christian
Oswald Chambers (2013). “Utmost: Classic Readings and Prayers from Oswald Chambers”, p.58, Discovery House

All of God’s people are ordinary people who have been made extraordinary by the purpose He has given them.

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People, Ordinary, Purpose
Oswald Chambers (2010). “My Utmost for His Highest”, p.616, Discovery House

There is only one relationship that matters, and that is your personal relationship to a personal Redeemer and Lord. Let everything else go, but maintain that at all cost, and God will fulfill His purpose through your life. (This includes meeting the needs of your heart.) One individual life may be of priceless value to God's purposes, and yours may be that life.

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Heart, Needs, Purpose

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

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Relationship, God, Christian
Oswald Chambers (2010). “My Utmost for His Highest”, p.250, Discovery House

The moment we recognize our complete weakness and our dependence upon Him will be the very moment that the Spirit of God will exhibit His power.

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Weakness, Spirit, Moments
Oswald Chambers (2010). “My Utmost for His Highest”, p.271, Discovery House

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.

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Faith, Christian, Prayer
Oswald Chambers (2010). “My Utmost for His Highest”, p.500, Discovery House

Faith is deliberate confidence in the character of God whose ways you cannot understand at the time.

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Inspirational, Faith, God
"Devotional Reader: 52 Weekly Themes".

God never gives us discernment in order that we may criticize, but that we may intercede.

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Prayer, Order, Giving
Oswald Chambers (1927). “My utmost for His Highest: selections for every day”

Leave the Irreparable Past in His hands, and step out into the Irresistible Future with Him.

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Past, Hands, Steps
Oswald Chambers (1927). “My utmost for His Highest: selections for every day”

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.

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Jesus, Doe, Flesh

We have the idea that God is going to do some exceptional thing- that He is preparing and equipping us for some extraordinary work in the future. But as we grow in His grace we find that God is glorifying Himself here and now, at this very moment. If we have God’s assurance behind us, the most amazing strength becomes ours, and we learn to sing, glorifying Him even in the ordinary days and ways of life.

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Ordinary Days, Ideas, Grace
Oswald Chambers (2013). “Utmost: Classic Readings and Prayers from Oswald Chambers”, p.49, Discovery House

God will never reveal more truth about himself until you have obeyed what you know already

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Gods Will, Knows
Oswald Chambers (2011). “My Utmost for His Highest Classic Edition”, p.578, Discovery House

It is impossible to get exhausted in work for God. We get exhausted because we try to do God's work in our own way.

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Trying, Way, Impossible
Oswald Chambers (2015). “Run Today's Race: A Word from Oswald Chambers for Every Day of the Year”, p.59, Discovery House

The real test of a saint is not one's willingness to preach the gospel, but one's willingness to do something like washing the disciples' feet - that is, being willing to do those things that seem unimportant in human estimation but count as everything to God.

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Real, Feet, Saint
Oswald Chambers (2010). “My Utmost for His Highest”, p.130, Discovery House

Obey God in the things he shows you, and instantly the next thing is opened up. God will never reveal more truth about himself until you have obeyed what you know already...this chapter brings out the delight of real friendship with God.

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Real, Delight, Next

God never forces a person's will into surrender, and He never begs. He patiently waits until that person willingly yields to Him. True surrender is a matter of being 'united together [with Jesus] in the likeness of His death' (Romans 6:5) until nothing ever appeals to you that did not appeal to Him. And after you surrender--then what? Your entire life should be characterized by an eagerness to maintain unbroken fellowship and oneness with God.

Oswald Chambers
Jesus, Oneness, Yield

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