Christianity is not devotion to work, or to a cause, or a doctrine, but devotion to a Person, the Lord Jesus Christ.
OSWALD CHAMBERS
OSWALD CHAMBERS
Oswald Chambers on devotion
Oswald Chambers89 quotes“Christianity is not devotion to work, or to a cause, or a doctrine, but devotion to a Person, the Lord Jesus Christ.”
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The best measure of a spiritual life is not its ecstasies but its obedience.
Oswald ChambersOswald Chambers The strain of life is what builds our strength. If there is no strain, there will be no strength.
Oswald ChambersOswald Chambers The greatest test of a man’s character is his tongue.
Oswald ChambersOswald Chambers God gives us the vision, then he takes us down to the valley to batter us into the shape of the vision, and it is in the valley that so many of us faint and give way. Every vision will be made real if we will have patience.
Oswald ChambersOswald Chambers We are not responsible for the circumstances we are in, but we are responsible for the way we allow those circumstances to affect us; we can either allow them to get on top of us or we can allow them to transform us into what God wants us to be.
Oswald ChambersOswald Chambers Don’t read to remember; read to realize.
Oswald ChambersOswald Chambers Spend plenty of time with God; let other things go, but don’t neglect Him. We are not here to do work for God, we are here to be workers with Him, those through whom He can do His work.
Oswald ChambersOswald Chambers The only way we can be of use to God is to let Him take us through the crooks and crannies of our own characters.
Oswald ChambersOswald Chambers All heaven is interested in the cross of Christ, all hell terribly afraid of it, while men are the only beings who more or less ignore its meaning.
Oswald ChambersOswald Chambers God rarely allows a person to see how great a blessing he is to others.
Oswald ChambersOswald Chambers The battle is lost or won in the secret places of the will before God, never first in the external world.
Oswald ChambersOswald Chambers It is a joy to Jesus when a person takes time to walk more intimately with Him. The bearing of fruit is always shown in scripture to be a visible result of an intimate relationship with Jesus Christ.
Oswald ChambersOswald Chambers The moment we recognize our complete weakness and our dependence upon Him will be the very moment that the Spirit of God will exhibit His power.
Oswald ChambersOswald Chambers The life of faith is not a life of mounting up with wings, but a life of walking and not fainting.
Oswald ChambersOswald Chambers If you are going to be used by God, He will take you through a number of experiences that are not meant for you personally at all. They are designed to make you useful in His hands, and to enable you to understand what takes place in the lives of others.
Oswald ChambersOswald Chambers 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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I think the worst thing we can do is to concede to fanaticism its devotion, say. Well, you have to understand, these people are really fanatics, so we should back down from them.
Adam GopnikAdam Gopnik Single-minded devotion engenders deep thought, which expresses itself in action. The Lord’s Light descends on the devotee, His power awakens in him and, as a result, profound inner inquiry blossoms forth.
Anandamayi MaAnandamayi Ma Why are we not tasting the bliss of Bhakti? Because we are taking shelter of stone boats. We are sinking and drowning in Maya & still we are further taking shelter of stone boats and this can go on life after life.
Radhanath SwamiRadhanath Swami Devotion is a disease. And you catch it from those people who have it.
Krishna DasKrishna Das Enthusiasm and eagerness give life to our devotional service.
Radhanath SwamiRadhanath Swami I will stay in prison till the moss grows on my eye lids rather than disobey God.
John BunyanJohn Bunyan The transcendental knowledge of devotional service is digested by the engyme of humility.
Radhanath SwamiRadhanath Swami The more one makes spiritual advancement, one feels humble and as one’s devotion is superficial that much he feels that he is a great devotee.
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