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The Sermon on the Mount is not a set of principles to be obeyed apart from identification with Jesus Christ. The Sermon on the Mount is a statement of the life we will live when the Holy Spirit is getting his way with

The Sermon on the Mount is not a set of principles to be obeyed apart from identification with Jesus Christ. The Sermon on the Mount is a statement of the life we will live when the Holy Spirit is getting his way with us.

Oswald Chambers
Jesus, Principles, Way
Oswald Chambers (2015). “The Psychology of Redemption: Making All Things New”, p.37, Discovery House

Adam was created to be the friend and companion of God, he was to have dominion over all the life in the air and earth and sea, but one thing he was not to have dominion over, and that was himself.

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Air, Sea, Earth
Oswald Chambers (2015). “The Shadow of an Agony”, p.113, Discovery House

The truth is we have nothing to fear and nothing to overcome because He is all in all and we are more than conquerors through Him.

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Overcoming, Truth Is, Conqueror
Oswald Chambers (2013). “Grace and Truth: A Holy Pursuit”, p.75, Discovery House

The battle is lost or won in the secret places of the will before God, never first in the external world.

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Secret Places, Battle, World
Oswald Chambers (2015). “Called of God: Extracts from My Utmost for His Highest on the Missionary Call”, p.88, Discovery House

God's purpose is not to perfect me to make me a trophy in His showcase; He is getting me to the place where He can use me. Let Him do what He wants.

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Perfect, Purpose, Use
Oswald Chambers (2010). “My Utmost for His Highest”, p.693, Discovery House

Beware of any belief that makes you self-indulgent; it came from the pit, no matter how beautiful it sounds.

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Beautiful, Self, Sound
Oswald Chambers (2011). “The Quotable Oswald Chambers”, p.381, Discovery House

Before God can use a man greatly he must wound him deeply.

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Men, Use, Wounds

Am I prepared to let God grip me by His power and do a work in me that is worthy of Himself? Sanctification is not my idea of what I want God to do for me; sanctification is God's idea of what He wants to do for me, and He has to get me into the attitude of mind and spirit where at any cost I will let Him sanctify me wholly.

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

Readiness for God means that we are ready to do the tiniest little thing or the great big thing, it makes no difference

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Mean, Differences, Littles
Oswald Chambers (2015). “Called of God: Extracts from My Utmost for His Highest on the Missionary Call”, p.64, Discovery House

Is the Son of God praying in me, or am I dictating to Him?... Prayer is not simply getting things from God, that is a most initial form of prayer; prayer is getting into perfect communion with God. If the Son of God is formed in us by regeneration, He will press forward in front of our common sense and change our attitude to the things about which we pray.

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Prayer, Attitude, Son

Happiness depends on what happens; joy does not.

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Joy, Doe, Happens
Oswald Chambers (2011). “The Quotable Oswald Chambers”, p.216, Discovery House

The dearest friend on earth is a mere shadow compared with Jesus Christ.

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Best Friend, Friendship, Jesus
"Studies in the Sermon on the Mount: God's Character and the Believer's Conduct".

If we are devoted to the cause of humanity, we shall soon be crushed and broken-hearted, for we shall often meet with more ingratitude from men than we would from a dog; but if our motive is love to God, no ingratitude can hinder us from serving our fellow men.

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Dog, Men, Broken
Oswald Chambers (2011). “My Utmost for His Highest Classic Edition”, p.118, Discovery House

If a crisis has come to you on any front, surrender your will to Jesus absolutely and irrevocably.

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Jesus, Surrender, Crisis
Oswald Chambers (2013). “Utmost: Classic Readings and Prayers from Oswald Chambers”, p.1, Discovery House

If God sees that my spiritual life will be furthered by giving the things for which I ask, then He will give them, but that is not the end of prayer. The end of prayer is that I come to know God Himself.

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Spiritual, Prayer, Giving
Oswald Chambers (2015). “Our Brilliant Heritage / If You Will Be Perfect / Disciples Indeed: The Inheritance of God's Transforming Mind & Heart”, p.135, Discovery House

Whenever the insistence is on the point that God answers prayer, we are off the track. The meaning of prayer is that we get hold of God, not of the answer.

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Prayer, Track, Answers
Oswald Chambers (2015). “Run Today's Race: A Word from Oswald Chambers for Every Day of the Year”, p.28, Discovery House

When a man’s heart is right with God the mysterious utterances of the Bible are spirit and life to him. Spiritual truth is discernible only to a pure heart, not to a keen intellect. It is not a question of profundity of intellect, but of purity of heart.

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Spiritual, Heart, Men
Oswald Chambers (2011). “The Quotable Oswald Chambers”, p.30, Discovery House

Isaiah was so attuned to God, because of the great crisis he had just endured, that the call of God penetrated his soul. The majority of us cannot hear anything but ourselves. And we cannot hear anything God says. But to be brought to the place where we can hear the call of God is to be profoundly changed.

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Soul, Majority, Changed
Oswald Chambers (2013). “Utmost: Classic Readings and Prayers from Oswald Chambers”, p.2, Discovery House

The reason we see hypocrisy and fraud and unreality in others is because they are all in our own hearts. The great characteristic of a saint is humility-Yes, all those things and other evils would have been manifested in me but for the grace of God, therefore I have no right to judge.

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

Eternal life is not a gift from God; eternal life is the gift OF GOD.

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Life Is, Eternal Life, Gift From God
Oswald Chambers (2011). “My Utmost for His Highest Classic Edition”, p.183, Discovery House

So long as there is a human being who does not know Jesus Christ, I am his debtor to serve him until he does.

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Christian, Jesus, Long
Oswald Chambers (2011). “My Utmost for His Highest Classic Edition”, p.118, Discovery House

Keep your life in its constant contact with God that his surprising power may break out on the right hand and on the left. Always be in a state of expectancy, and see that you leave room for God to come in as he likes.

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

Sin is not wrong doing, it is wrong BEING, deliberate and emphatic independence of God.

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Life, God, Faith
Oswald Chambers (2011). “Conformed to His Image / Servant as His Lord: Lessons on Living Like Jesus”, p.21, Discovery House

The strain of life is what builds our strength. If there is no strain, there will be no strength.

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Life Is, Strain, Ifs
Oswald Chambers (2002). “My Utmost for His Highest”, Garborg's

Not every man can carry a full cup. Sudden elevation frequently leads to pride and a fall. The most exacting test of all to survive is prosperity.

Oswald Chambers
Fall, Pride, Men

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