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
character way crooks
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.
mistake mean self
Repentance always brings a person to the point of saying, “I have sinned.” The surest sign that God is at work in his life is when he says that and means it. Anything less is simply sorrow for having made foolish mistakes-a reflex action caused by self-disgust.
jesus son destiny
The touchstone of the Holy Spirit’s work in us is the answer to our Lord’s question: “Who do men say that the Son of Man is?” Our Lord makes human destiny depend on that one thing, Who men say He is, because the revelation of Who Jesus is is only given by the Holy Spirit.
wine broken bread
God makes us as broken bread and poured-out wine to please Him. Beware of competing calls once the call of God grips you.
doe satan possibility
Satan does not tempt us just to make us do wrong things- he tempts us to make us lose what God has put into us through regeneration, namely, the possibility of being of value to God.
giving succeed holy
There is actually only one thing you can dedicate to God, and that is your right to yourself. If you will give God your right to yourself, He will make a holy experiment out of you - and His experiments always succeed.
jesus devotion easier
The greatest competitor of true devotion to Jesus is the service we do for Him. It is easier to serve than to pour out our lives completely for Him.
prayer secret impossible
It is impossible to conduct your life as a disciple without definite times of secret prayer
overcoming truth-is conqueror
The truth is we have nothing to fear and nothing to overcome because He is all in all and we are more than conquerors through Him.
christian spiritual determination
The Christian life is one of spiritual courage and determination lived out in our flesh
heart safe firsts
No love of the natural heart is safe unless the human heart has been satisfied by God FIRST
simple greatness giving
Have you ever realized that you can give things to God that are of value to Him? Or are you just sitting around daydreaming about the greatness of His redemption, while neglecting all the things you could be doing for Him? I'm not referring to works which could be regarded as divine and miraculous, but ordinary, simple human things - things which would be evidence to God that you are totally surrendered to Him.
sweet believe blessing
Do you believe that God can change bitter circumstances into sweet blessing? Are you willing to let Him?
jesus keys missionary
The key to the missionary's work is the authority of Jesus Christ, not the needs of the lost. We are inclined to look on our Lord as one who assists us in our endeavors for God. Yet our Lord places Himself as the absolute sovereign and supreme Lord over His disciples. He does not say that the lost will never be saved if we don't go- He simply says, "Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations...."