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 CHAMBERSPerseverance is more than endurance. It is endurance combined with absolute assurance and certainty that what we are looking for is going to happen.
More Oswald Chambers Quotes
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Beware of anything that competes with your loyalty to Jesus Christ.
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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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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.
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The more you fulfill yourself, the less you will seek God.
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Eternal life is not a gift from God; eternal life is the gift OF GOD.
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The best measure of a spiritual life is not its ecstasies but its obedience.
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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.
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Spiritual maturity is not reached by the passing of the years, but by obedience to the will of God.
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To say that ‘prayer changes things’ is not as close to the truth as saying, ‘prayer changes me and then I change things.’ God has established things so that prayer, on the basis of redemption, changes the way a person looks at things.
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The scrutiny we give other people should be for ourselves.
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Get to the end of yourself where you can do nothing, but where He does everything.
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The way to grow strong in Christ is to become weak in yourself.
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The great thing about faith in God is that it keeps a man undisturbed in the midst of disturbance.
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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.
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We pray when there’s nothing else we can do; Jesus wants us to pray before we do anything at all.
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