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 CHAMBERSEternal life is not a gift from God; eternal life is the gift OF GOD.
More Oswald Chambers Quotes
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The proof that our relationship is right with God is that we do our best whether we feel inspired or not.
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We have to pray with our eyes on God, not on the difficulties.
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Solitude with God repairs the damage done by the fret and noise and clamour of the world.
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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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When we preach the love of God there is a danger of forgetting that the Bible reveals not first the love of God but the intense, blazing holiness of God, with His love at the center of that holiness.
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Leave the Irreparable Past in His hands, and step out into the Irresistible Future with Him.
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Don’t plan without God. God seems to have a delightful way of upsetting the plans we have made, when we have not taken Him into account.
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Trust God, and do the next thing.
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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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Remember Whose you are and Whom you serve.
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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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Fretting springs from a determination to get our own way.
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The more you fulfill yourself, the less you will seek God.
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Never take your obedience as the reason God blesses you; obedience is the outcome of being rightly related to God.
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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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The strain of life is what builds our strength. If there is no strain, there will be no strength.
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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 greatest test of Christianity is the wear and tear of daily life; it is like the shining of silver: the more it is rubbed the brighter it grows.
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When God gets us alone through suffering, heartbreak, temptation, disappointment, sickness, or by thwarted friendship – when He gets us absolutely alone, and we are totally speechless, unable to ask even one question, then He begins to teach us.
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The peace that Jesus gives is never engineered by circumstances on the outside.
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There is no need to get to a place of prayer; pray wherever you are.
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It is not true to say that God wants to teach us something in our trials. Through every cloud He brings our way, He wants us to unlearn something.
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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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God places His saints where they will bring the most glory to Him, and we are totally incapable of judging where that may be.
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You must learn to wrestle against the things that hinder your communication with God.
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Don’t read to remember; read to realize.
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