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Worship and intercession must go together, the one is impossible without the other. Intercession means that we rouse ourselves up to get the mind of Christ about the one for whom we pray.

Worship and intercession must go together, the one is impossible without the other. Intercession means that we rouse ourselves up to get the mind of Christ about the one for whom we pray.

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

Prayer is not an exercise, it is the life.

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Prayer, Exercise
Oswald Chambers (2010). “My Utmost for His Highest”, p.312, Discovery House

We lean to our own understanding, or we bank on service and do away with prayer, and consequently by succeeding in the external we fail in the eternal, because in the eternal we succeed only by prevailing prayer.

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Prayer, Understanding, Succeed
Oswald Chambers (2011). “The Quotable Oswald Chambers”, p.311, Discovery House

When a man is at his wits' end it is not a cowardly thing to pray, it is the only way he can get in touch with Reality.

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Prayer, Reality, Men
Oswald Chambers (2011). “The Quotable Oswald Chambers”, p.303, Discovery House

Prayer is an effort of will.

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Prayer, Effort
Oswald Chambers (2015). “The Place of Help: A Book of Devotional Readings”, p.107, Discovery House

Prayer is not logical, it is a mysterious moral working of the Holy Spirit.

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Prayer, Moral, Mysterious
Oswald Chambers (2010). “Prayer: A Holy Occupation”, p.78, Discovery House

Prayer is the exercise of drawing on the grace of God.

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Prayer, Exercise, Drawing
Oswald Chambers (2011). “My Utmost for His Highest Classic Edition”, p.365, Discovery House

Prayer is not a preparation for work, it IS work. Prayer is not a preparation for the battle, it IS the battle. Prayer is two-fold: definite asking and definite waiting to receive.

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Prayer, Two, Waiting

What a blessed habit I have found my prayer list, morning by morning, it takes me via the Throne of all Grace straight to the intimate personal heart of each one mentioned here, and I know that He Who is not prescribed by time and geography answers immediately.

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Morning, Prayer, Blessed

We pray pious blether, our will is not in it, and then we say God does not answer; we never asked Him for anything. Asking means that our wills are in what we ask.

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Prayer, Mean, Asking

See that you do not use the trick of prayer to cover up what you know you ought to do.

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Prayer, Cover Ups, Use
Oswald Chambers (2010). “Prayer: A Holy Occupation”, p.52, Discovery House

If we rely on the Holy Spirit, we shall find that our prayers become more and more inarticulate; and when they are inarticulate, reverence grows deeper and deeper.

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Prayer, Spirit, Holy
Oswald Chambers (2010). “If You Will Ask: Reflections on the Power of Prayer”, p.100, Discovery House

We hear it said that a man will suffer in his life is he does not pray; I question it. What will suffer is the life of the Son of God within him, which is nourished not by food but by prayer...Prayer is the way the life of God is nourished.

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Prayer, Son, Men

Never say you will pray about a thing; pray about it.

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Prayer, Praying
Oswald Chambers (2015). “Our Brilliant Heritage / If You Will Be Perfect / Disciples Indeed: The Inheritance of God's Transforming Mind & Heart”, p.134, Discovery House

Worshipping God is the great essential of fitness. If you have not been worshipping...when you get to work you will not only be useless yourself, but a tremendous hindrance to those who are associated with you.

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Prayer, Essentials, Useless

Our understanding of God is the answer to prayer; getting things from God is God's indulgence of us. When God stops giving us things, He brings us into the place where we can begin to understand Him.

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

Prayer is not only asking, it is an attitude of heart that produces an atmosphere in which asking is perfectly natural, and Jesus says, "every one that asketh receiveth."

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Jesus, Prayer, Attitude

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

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

Do not have as your motive the desire to be known as a praying man. Get an inner chamber in which to pray where no one knows you are praying, shut the door, and talk to God in secret.

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Prayer, Men, Doors
Oswald Chambers (2010). “Prayer: A Holy Occupation”, p.25, Discovery House

Your god may be your little Christian habit - the habit of prayer or Bible reading at certain times of your day. Watch how your Father will upset your schedule if you begin to worship your habit instead of what the habit symbolizes. We say, 'I can't do that right now; this is my time alone with God.' No, this is your time alone with your habit.

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Faith, Christian, Prayer
Oswald Chambers (2013). “Utmost: Classic Readings and Prayers from Oswald Chambers”, p.37, Discovery House

The men with God's 'go' in them have these three characteristics-a saving experience, the evidence of supernatural power at work, and the spiritual efficacy of success in prayer.

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Spiritual, Prayer, Men
Oswald Chambers (2015). “God's Workmanship”, p.61, Discovery House

The inattentive, slovenly way we drift into the presence of God is an indication that we are not bothering to think about Him. Whenever our Lord spoke of prayer, He said, "Ask." It is impossible to ask if you do not concentrate.

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Prayer, Thinking, Way
"Biblical Ethics / The Moral Foundations of Life / The Philosophy of Sin: Ethical Principles for the Christian Life".

The prayer of the saints is never self-important, but always God-important.

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Prayer, Self, Important
Oswald Chambers (2010). “Prayer: A Holy Occupation”, p.43, Discovery House

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