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
jesus slavery break
Yielding to Jesus will break every form of slavery in any human life.
absurd certain dealt destroy face ignoring increase mind pray second seen
Certain things can only be dealt with by ignoring them; if you face them you increase their power. It is absurd to say, Pray about them; when once a thing is seen to be wrong, don't pray about it, it fixes the mind on it; never for a second brood on it, destroy it by neglect.
jesus soul connections
It is possible to know all about doctrine and yet not know Jesus. The soul is in danger when knowledge of doctrine outsteps intimate touch with Jesus. ....Have I a personal history with Jesus Christ? The one sign of discipleship is intimate connection with Him, a knowledge of Jesus Christ nothing can shake.
ideas want sanctification
Sanctification is not my idea of what I want God to do for me; sanctification is God’s idea of what He wants to do for me.
red facts mutiny
We have to recognize that sin is a fact, not a defect; sin is red-handed mutiny against God. Either God or sin must die in my life...If sin rules in me, God's life in me will be killed; if God rules in me, sin in me will be killed.
jesus humble men
Am I getting nobler, better, more helpful, more humble, as I get older? Am I exhibiting the life that men take knowledge of as having been with Jesus, or am I getting more self-assertive, more deliberately determined to have my own way? It is a great thing to tell yourself the truth.
faith lying inspiration
We are uncertain of the next step, but we are certain of God. Immediately we abandon to God, and do the duty that lies nearest, and He packs our life with surprises all the time.... Leave the whole thing to Him, it is gloriously uncertain how He will come in, but He will come.
dark reputation
We are only what we are in the dark; all the rest is reputation.
roots sin suspicion
The root of all sin is the suspicion that God is not good.
christian jesus doctrine
Discipleship is based solely on devotion to Jesus Christ, not on following after a particular belief or doctrine.
communication hinder communication-with-god
You must learn to wrestle against the things that hinder your communication with God.
sorry son thinking
We trample the blood of the Son of God underfoot if we think we are forgiven because we are sorry for our sins.
jesus cost insult
It never cost a disciple anything to follow Jesus; to talk about cost when you are in love with anyone is an insult.
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.