Oswald Chambers Quotes about Purpose

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

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

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

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”

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

We have an idea that God is leading us to a particular end, a desired goal; He is not...What we call the process God calls the end. His purpose is that I depend on Him and His power NOW. It is the process, not the end that is glorifying to God.

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Ideas, Goal, Purpose

Joy comes from seeing the complete fulfillment of the specific purpose for which I was created and born again, not from successfully doing something of my own choosing.

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Joy, Purpose, Born Again

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

I am called to live in such a perfect relationship with God that my life produces a yearning for God in the lives of others, not admiration for myself. Thoughts about myself hinder my usefulness to God. 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

The Cross did not happen to Jesus: He came on purpose for it. He is “the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.

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Jesus, Foundation, Purpose

Oswald Chambers (2011). “My Utmost for His Highest Classic Edition”, p.204, Discovery House

Jesus Christ became Incarnate for one purpose, to make a way back to God that man might stand before Him as He was created to do, the friend and lover of God Himself.

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Jesus, Men, Purpose

Oswald Chambers (2015). “Bringing Sons Unto Glory: Studies in the Life of Our Lord”, p.15, Discovery House

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

It is a trap to presume that God wants to make us perfect specimens of what He can do— God’s purpose is to make us one with Himself.

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Perfect, Purpose, Want

Oswald Chambers (2010). “My Utmost for His Highest”, p.692, Discovery House

The resentment of discipline of any kind will warp the whole life away from God's purpose.

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Motivational, Discipline, Purpose

Oswald Chambers (2015). “Run Today's Race: A Word from Oswald Chambers for Every Day of the Year”, p.13, Discovery House

There comes the baffling call of God in our lives also. The call of God can never be stated explicitly; it is implicit. The call of God is like the call of the sea, no one hears it but the one who has the nature of the sea in him. It cannot be stated definitely what the call of God is to, because his call is to be in comradeship with himself, for his own purposes, and the test is to believe that God knows what he is after.

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Believe, Sea, Purpose

Oswald Chambers (2015). “Called of God: Extracts from My Utmost for His Highest on the Missionary Call”, p.31, Discovery House