Quotes by Oswald Chambers

About Oswald Chambers:

Oswald Chambers was an early twentieth-century Scottish Baptist and Holiness Movement evangelist and teacher, best known for the devotional My Utmost for His Highest.
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God is not preparing you for anything; obedience is its own end in the purpose of God; be faithful to Him.

Oswald Chambers

We are apt to imagine that if Jesus Christ constrains us and we obey Him, He will lead us to great success; but He does not. If our Lord has ever constrained you, and you obeyed Him, what was your dream of His purpose? Never put your dream of success...

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We imagine that a little anxiety and worry is an indication of how wise we really are; it may be an indication of how wicked we really are.

Oswald Chambers

We become side-tracked if we make physical health our aim and imagine that because we are children of God we shall always be perfectly well.

Oswald Chambers

At heart men are antagonistic to the lordship of Jesus Christ. It is not antagonism to creeds or points of view, but antagonism encountered for My sake. Many of us awaken antagonism by our way of stating things; we have to distinguish between being p...

Oswald Chambers

The sympathy which is reverent with what it cannot understand is worth its weight in gold. 69 L

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We are half mechanical [physical] and half mysterious [spiritual]; to live in either domain and ignore the other is to be fools or fanatics... We have to WORK OUT in the mechanical realm what God WORK IN in the mysterious realm.

Oswald Chambers

We have to WORK OUT in the mechanical [physical] realm what Gods WORKS IN [us] in the mysterious [spiritual] realm. Beware of any spiritual emotion that you do not work out mechanically...

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There must be a mechanical [physical] outlet for spiritual inspiration. You must DO [in the physical] what you see [in the spiritual], or become BLIND in that particular.

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If we indulge in inordinate affection, anger, anxiety, God holds us responsible; but He also insists that we have to be passionately filled with the right emotions.

Oswald Chambers

Spiritual maturity is not reached by the passing of the years, but by obedience to the will of God. Some people mature into an understanding of God’s will more quickly than others because they obey more readily; they more readily sacrifice the life...

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The touchstone of the Holy Spirit’s work in us is the answer to our Lord’s question: “Who do men say that the Son of Man is?” Our Lord makes human destiny depend on that one thing, Who men say He is, because the revelation of Who Jesus is is ...

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God never estimates what we give from impulse. We are given credit for what we determine in our hearts to give; for the giving that is governed by a fixed determination. The Spirit of God revolutionises our philanthropic instincts. Much of our philan...

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Satan takes occasion of the frailty of the bodily temple and says, 'Now you know you cannot do that; you are so infirm, you cannot concentrate your mind,' etc. Never allow bodily infirmities to hinder you obeying the commands of Jesus.

Oswald Chambers

The test of mountain-top experiences, of mysticism, of visions of God and of solitariness is when you are “in the soup” of actual circumstances.

Oswald Chambers

If we were never depressed we should not be alive; it is the nature of a crystal never to be depressed.

Oswald Chambers

We have to take the first step as though there were no God. It is no use to wait for God to help us, He will not: but immediately we arise we find He is there.

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You will never cease to be the most amazed person on earth at what God has done for you on the inside.

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Narrow all your interests until your mind, heart, and body are focused on Jesus Christ.

Oswald Chambers

I have never met the man I could despair of after discerning what lies in me apart from the grace of God.

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Author Bio

  • NameOswald Chambers
  • DescriptionBritish missionary
  • BornJuly 24, 1874
  • DiedNovember 15, 1917
  • CountryUnited Kingdom
  • ProfessionAuthor; Theologian