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Our natural virtues can never come anywhere near what Jesus Christ wants.

Our natural virtues can never come anywhere near what Jesus Christ wants.

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Jesus, Want, Christ
Oswald Chambers (2011). “Conformed to His Image / Servant as His Lord: Lessons on Living Like Jesus”, p.119, Discovery House

Some of the qualities of #‎ God must be merged into us before our #‎ prayers can be fit for His acceptance.

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Prayer, Acceptance, Quality
Oswald Chambers (2013). “If You Will Ask: Reflections on the Power of Prayer”, p.97, Discovery House

When the Spirit fills us, we are transformed, and by beholding God we become mirrors. You can always tell when someone has been beholding the glory of the Lord, because your inner spirit senses that he mirrors the Lord’s own character. Beware of anything that would spot or tarnish that mirror in you. It is almost always something good that will stain it- something good, but not what is best.

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Character, Mirrors, Spirit
Oswald Chambers (2013). “Utmost: Classic Readings and Prayers from Oswald Chambers”, p.9, Discovery House

The lasting value of our public service for God is measured by the depth of the intimacy of our private times of fellowship and oneness with Him.

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Oneness, Fellowship, Depth
Oswald Chambers (2010). “My Utmost for His Highest”, p.32, Discovery House

Every man is made to reach out beyond his grasp.

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Men, Made, Reach Out
Oswald Chambers (2011). “My Utmost for His Highest Classic Edition”, p.724, Discovery House

Wherever there is any element of pride or of conceit, Jesus cannot expound a thing. He will take us through the disappointment of a wounded pride of intellect, through disappointment of heart. He will reveal inordinate affections-thin gs over which we never thought He would have to get us alone.

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Jesus, Disappointment, Heart

God answers prayer on the ground of Redemption and on no other ground.

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Prayer, Redemption, Answers
Oswald Chambers (2010). “Prayer: A Holy Occupation”, p.15, Discovery House

The whole idea of the prayers of the saints is that God's holiness, God's purpose, God's ways may be brought about irrespective of who comes or goes.

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Christian, Prayer, Ideas
Oswald Chambers (2010). “Prayer: A Holy Occupation”, p.66, Discovery House

Intercession means raising ourselves up to the point of getting the mind of Christ regarding the person for whom we are praying.

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Mean, Mind, Praying
Oswald Chambers (2010). “My Utmost for His Highest”, p.198, Discovery House

It is inbred in us that we have to do exceptional things for God: but we have not. We have to be exceptional in the ordinary things, to be holy in mean streets, among mean people, and this is not learned in five minutes

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

A heartless Christian must be a terrible grief to our Lord.

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Christian, Grief, Heartless
Oswald Chambers (2010). “My Utmost for His Highest”, p.203, Discovery House

It is better to run the risk of being considered indecisive, better to be uncertain and not promise, than to promise and not fulfill.

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Running, Risk, Promise
Oswald Chambers (1997). “God's Workmanship: And, He Shall Glorify Me”, Discovery House Pub

Faith by its very nature must be tried, and the real trial of faith is not that we find it difficult to trust God, but that God's character has to be cleared in our own minds. Faith in its actual working out has to go through spells of unsyllabled isolation. Never confound the trial of faith with the ordinary discipline of life. Much that we call the trial of faith is the inevitable result of being alive.

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Real, Character, Work Out
"My Utmost for His Highest Classic Edition".

No enthusiasm will ever stand the strain that Jesus Christ will put upon His worker, only one thing will, and that is a personal relationship to Himself which has gone through the mill of His spring-cleaning until there is only one purpose left--I am here for God to send me where He will.

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Jesus, Spring, Purpose
Oswald Chambers (2015). “Called of God: Extracts from My Utmost for His Highest on the Missionary Call”, p.35, Discovery House

Watch the things you say you can't believe, and then recall the things you accept without thinking, like your own existence.

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Believe, Thinking, Watches
Oswald Chambers, Harry Verploegh (1990). “The Oswald Chambers Devotional Reader: 52 Weekly Themes”, Oliver-Nelson Books

Be exhausted for God, but remember that your supply comes from Him. 'All my fresh springs shall be in thee.'

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Spring, Remember, Exhausted
Oswald Chambers (2011). “My Utmost for His Highest Classic Edition”, p.91, Discovery House

There is a call to spiritual perseverance. A call not to hang on and do nothing, but to work deliberately, knowing with certainty that God will never be defeated.

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Spiritual, Perseverance, Knowing
Oswald Chambers (2010). “My Utmost for His Highest”, p.124, Discovery House

Our Lord did not say it was wrong to pray in the corners of the street, but He did say it was wrong to have the motive to "be seen of men".

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Men, Praying, Lord
Oswald Chambers (2011). “The Quotable Oswald Chambers”, p.254, Discovery House

A river reaches places which its source never knows. And Jesus said that, if we have received His fullness, "rivers of living water" will flow out of us, reaching in blessing even "to the end of the earth" regardless of how small the visible effects of our lives may appear to be.

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Encouragement, Jesus, Blessing
"My Utmost for His Highest".

All that Our Lord heeds in a man's life is the relationship of worth to His Father.

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Father, Men, Life Is
Oswald Chambers (2011). “My Utmost for His Highest Classic Edition”, p.496, Discovery House

Never consider whether you are of use; but ever consider that you are not your own but His.

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Use
Oswald Chambers (2011). “My Utmost for His Highest Classic Edition”, p.139, Discovery House

Theology must work itself out in the most practical relationships.

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Theology, Practicals
Oswald Chambers (1985). “My Utmost for His Highest”

Am I always in contact with Reality, or do I only pray when things have gone wrong, when there is a disturbance in the moments of my life?

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Reality, Gone, Praying
Oswald Chambers (2011). “My Utmost for His Highest Classic Edition”, p.449, Discovery House

Faith must be tested, because it can be turned into a personal possession only through conflict.

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Conflict, Possession, Tested
Oswald Chambers (2011). “My Utmost for His Highest Classic Edition”, p.494, Discovery House

Service is the overflow which pours from a life filled with love and devotion. But strictly speaking, there is no call to that. Service is what I bring to the relationship and is the reflection of my identification with the nature of God.

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Reflection, Devotion, Identification
Oswald Chambers (2013). “Utmost: Classic Readings and Prayers from Oswald Chambers”, p.3, Discovery House

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