The main characteristic which is the proof of the indwelling Spirit is an amazing tenderness in personal dealing, and a blazing truthfulness with regard to God’s Word.
OSWALD CHAMBERS
OSWALD CHAMBERS
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Oswald Chambers89 quotes“The main characteristic which is the proof of the indwelling Spirit is an amazing tenderness in personal dealing, and a blazing truthfulness with regard to God’s Word.”
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The remarkable thing about God is that when you fear God, you fear nothing else, whereas if you do not fear God, you fear everything else.
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Oswald ChambersOswald Chambers Leave the Irreparable Past in His hands, and step out into the Irresistible Future with Him.
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Oswald ChambersOswald Chambers God places His saints where they will bring the most glory to Him, and we are totally incapable of judging where that may be.
Oswald ChambersOswald Chambers The expression of Christian character is not good doing, but God-likeness. If the Spirit of God has transformed you within, you will exhibit Divine characteristics in your life, not good human characteristics . God’s life in us expresses itself as God’s life, not as human life trying to be godly.
Oswald ChambersOswald Chambers Our Lord’s first obedience was to the will of his Father, not to the needs of men; the saving of men was the natural outcome of his obedience to the Father.
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Oswald ChambersOswald Chambers Eternal life is not a gift from God; eternal life is the gift OF GOD.
Oswald ChambersOswald Chambers Self pity is of the devil, and if I wallow in it, I cannot be used by God for his purpose in the world.
Oswald ChambersOswald Chambers God is the Great Engineer, creating circumstances to bring about moments in our lives of divine importance, leading us to divine appointments.
Oswald ChambersOswald Chambers Never focus your eyes on the obstacle or the difficulty. The obstacle will be a matter of total indifference to the river that will flow steadily through you if you will simply remember to stay focused on the Source.
Oswald ChambersOswald Chambers God does not expect us to imitate Jesus Christ; He expects us to allow the life of Jesus to be manifested in our moral flesh.
Oswald ChambersOswald Chambers Faith is not intelligent understanding, faith is deliberate commitment to a Person where I see no way.
Oswald ChambersOswald Chambers We look upon prayer simply as a means of getting things for ourselves, but the biblical purpose of prayer is that we may get to know God Himself.
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