Oswald Chambers
Oswald Chambers
Oswald Chamberswas an early twentieth-century Scottish Baptist and Holiness Movement evangelist and teacher, best known for the devotional My Utmost for His Highest...
NationalityScottish
ProfessionTheologian
Date of Birth24 July 1874
christian jesus motivation
In Christian work our initiative and motivation are too often simply the result of realizing that there is work to be done and that we must do it. Yet that is never the attitude of a spiritually vigorous saint. His aim is to achieve the realization of Jesus Christ in every set of circumstances.
christian character expression
The true expression of Christian character is not in good-doing but in God-likeness.
jesus majority intention
If I am going to know who Jesus is, I must obey Him. The majority of us don't know Jesus because we have not the remotest intention of obeying Him.
conflict possession tested
Faith must be tested, because it can be turned into a personal possession only through conflict.
spiritual jesus integrity
It is a great thing to see physical courage, and greater still to see moral courage, but the greatest to see of all is spiritual courage; oh, to see a person who will stand true to the integrity of Jesus Christ no matter what he or she goes through!
mountain saws ordinary
We must learn to live in the ordinary 'gray' day according to what we saw on the mountain.
christian jesus joy
The Bible talks plentifully about joy, but it nowhere talks about a 'happy Christian.' Happiness depends on what happens; joy does not. Remember, Jesus Christ had joy, and He prayed 'that they might have my joy fulfilled in themselves.'
serving-god heard accounts
God gets me into a relationship with Himself whereby I understand His call, then I do things out of sheer love for Him on my own account. To serve God is the deliberate love-gift of a nature that has heard the call of God.
spiritual perseverance knowing
There is a call to spiritual perseverance. A call not to hang on and do nothing, but to work deliberately, knowing with certainty that God will never be defeated.
necks laziness shakes
Take yourself by the scruff of the neck and shake off your incarnate laziness.
sky giving vision
The vision that God gives is not some unattainable castle in the sky, but a vision of what God wants you to be down here.
reflection thinking long
The call of God is not a reflection of my nature; my personal desires and temperament are of no consideration. As long as I dwell on my own qualities and traits and think about what I am suited for, I will never hear the call of God.
religion wonder
When we see Him, we will wonder that we ever could have disobeyed Him.
jesus mean matter
No matter who or what we are, God restores us to right standing with Himself only by means of the death of Jesus Christ.