991 Quotes by Oswald Chambers

The real meaning of eternal life is a life that can face anything is has to face without wavering. If we take this view, life becomes one great romance, a glorious opportunity for seeing marvelous things all the time. God is disciplining us to get us into this central place of power.

Prayer is simple, prayer is supernatural, and to anyone not related to our Lord Jesus Christ, prayer is apt to look stupid.

I am called to live in such a perfect relationship with God that my life produces a yearning for God in the lives of others, not admiration for myself. Thoughts about myself hinder my usefulness to God. God’s purpose is not to perfect me to make me a trophy in His showcase; He is getting me to the place where He can use me. Let Him do what He wants.

Watch the things you say you can't believe, and then recall the things you accept without thinking, like your own existence.

Prayer is not an exercise, it is the life.

Happiness depends on what happens; joy does not.

If I obey Jesus Christ in the seemingly random circumstances of life, they become pinholes through which I see the face of God.

It is impossible to live the life of a disciple without definite times of secret prayer. You will find that the place to enter in is in your business, as you walk along the streets, in the ordinary ways of life, when no one dreams you are praying, and the reward comes openly, a revival here, a blessing there.

To wait is not to sit with folded hands, but to learn to do what we are told.