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Never water down the Word of God, but preach it in its undiluted sternness. There must be unflinching faithfulness to the Word of God, but when you come to personal dealings with others, remember who you are- you are

Never water down the Word of God, but preach it in its undiluted sternness. There must be unflinching faithfulness to the Word of God, but when you come to personal dealings with others, remember who you are- you are not some special being created in heaven, but a sinner saved by grace.

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Water, Heaven, Grace
Oswald Chambers (2013). “Utmost: Classic Readings and Prayers from Oswald Chambers”, p.64, Discovery House

We are not sent to do battle for God, but to be used by God in His battles.

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Battle, Used
Oswald Chambers (2010). “My Utmost for His Highest”, p.56, Discovery House

When I see Jesus Christ I simply want to be what He wants me to be.

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God, Faith, Christian
Oswald Chambers (2015). “Biblical Ethics / The Moral Foundations of Life / The Philosophy of Sin: Ethical Principles for the Christian Life”, p.163, Discovery House

God does not give us overcoming life; He gives us life as we overcome.

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Giving, Overcoming, Doe
Oswald Chambers (2006). “My Utmost Fhh Grad Updated/E”, Barbour Publishing

God gives us the vision, then he takes us down to the valley to batter us into the shape of the vision, and it is in the valley that so many of us faint and give way. Every vision will be made real if we will have patience.

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Faith, Real, Inspiration
Oswald Chambers (2011). “The Quotable Oswald Chambers”, p.473, Discovery House

Holiness, not happiness, is the chief end of man.

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Happiness, Laughter, Men

We are apt to think that everything that happens to us is to be turned into useful teaching; it is to be turned into something better than teaching, into character. We shall find that the spheres God brings us into are not meant to teach us something but to make us something.

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Teaching, Character, Thinking
Oswald Chambers (2015). “The Love of God: An Intimate Look at the Father-Heart of God”, p.39, Discovery House

Am I getting nobler, better, more helpful, more humble, as I get older? Am I exhibiting the life that men take knowledge of as having been with Jesus, or am I getting more self-assertive, more deliberately determined to have my own way? It is a great thing to tell yourself the truth.

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Jesus, Humble, Men
Oswald Chambers (2015). “The Place of Help: A Book of Devotional Readings”, p.82, Discovery House

When Jesus Christ shed his blood on the cross, it was not the blood of a martyr; or the blood of one man for another; it was the life of God poured out to redeem the world.

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Jesus, Men, Blood
Oswald Chambers, Harry Verploegh (1990). “The Oswald Chambers Devotional Reader: 52 Weekly Themes”, Oliver-Nelson Books

It is not what a man does that is of final importance, but what he is in what he does. The atmosphere produced by a man, much more than his activities, has the lasting influence.

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Men, Atmosphere, Doe
Oswald Chambers (2011). “The Quotable Oswald Chambers”, p.45, Discovery House

The whole point of getting things done is knowing what to leave undone.

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Inspirational, Life, Business

Thoughts about myself hinder my usefulness to God.

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Hinder, Usefulness
Oswald Chambers (2010). “My Utmost for His Highest”, p.693, Discovery House

Yielding to Jesus will break every form of slavery in any human life.

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Jesus, Slavery, Break
Oswald Chambers (2011). “The Quotable Oswald Chambers”, p.146, Discovery House

God rarely allows a person to see how great a blessing he is to others.

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Blessing, Persons
Oswald Chambers (2010). “My Utmost for His Highest”, p.518, Discovery House

We tend to use prayer as a last resort, but God wants it to be our first line of defense.

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Prayer, Defense, Use

We tend to use prayer as a last resort, but God wants it to be our first line of defense. We pray when there's nothing else we can do, but God wants us to pray before we do anything at all. Most of us would prefer, however, to spend our time doing something that will get immediate results. We don't want to wait for God to resolve matters in His good time because His idea of 'good time' is seldom in sync with ours.

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Inspirational, Prayer, Ideas

The busyness of things obscures our concentration on God ... Never let a hurried lifestyle disturb the relationship of abiding in Him. This is an easy thing to allow, but we must guard against it.

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Abiding, Easy, Lifestyle
Oswald Chambers (2013). “Utmost: Classic Readings and Prayers from Oswald Chambers”, p.9, Discovery House

Self pity is of the devil, and if I wallow in it, I cannot be used by God for his purpose in the world.

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Self, Devil, Purpose
Oswald Chambers (2013). “Utmost: Classic Readings and Prayers from Oswald Chambers”, p.76, Discovery House

Are you learning to say things after listening to God, or are you saying things and trying to make God's word fit in?

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Listening, Trying, Fit
Oswald Chambers (2011). “My Utmost for His Highest Classic Edition”, p.323, Discovery House

If we understood what happens when we use the Word of God, we would use it oftener.

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Christian, Use, Word Of God
Oswald Chambers (2011). “The Quotable Oswald Chambers”, p.32, Discovery House

You do not know what you are going to do,the only thing you know is that God knows what He is doing.......It is this attitude that keeps you in perpetual wonder-you do not know what God is going to do next.

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Attitude, Next, Wonder

If through a broken heart God can bring His purposes to pass in the world, then thank Him for breaking your heart.

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Heart, Broken, Purpose
Oswald Chambers (1985). “My Utmost for His Highest”

Beware of any work for God that causes or allows you to avoid concentrating on Him.

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

If ever we are going to be made into wine, we will have to be crushed; you cannot drink grapes. Grapes become wine only when they have been squeezed. I wonder what kind of finger and thumb God has been using to squeeze you, and you have been like a marble and escaped?

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Faith, Inspiration, Wine
Oswald Chambers (2015). “Called of God: Extracts from My Utmost for His Highest on the Missionary Call”, p.23, Discovery House

You must learn to wrestle against the things that hinder your communication with God.

Oswald Chambers
Communication, Hinder, Communication With God

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