991 Quotes by Oswald Chambers

The secret of the missionary is...I am His, and He is carrying out His work through me.

As Christians we are not out for our own cause at all, we are out for the cause of God, which can never be our cause. We do not know what God is after, but we have to maintain our relationship with Him whatever happens.

God expects no complaining on our part and offers no explanation on His part.

As soon as we abandon ourselves to God and do the task He has placed closest to us, He begins to fill our lives with surprises.

When I was born again, I received the very life of the risen Lord from Jesus Himself.

God regenerates us and puts us in contact with all his divine resources, but he cannot make us walk according to his will.

There is only one way by which I can get right with God, and that is through the death of Jesus Christ. I must get rid of the underlying idea that I can ever be right with God because of my obedience. Who of us could ever obey God to absolute perfection!

The prayer of the feeblest saint who lives in the Spirit and keeps right with God is a terror to Satan. The very powers of darkness are paralyzed by prayer; no spiritualistic seance can succeed in the presence of a humble praying saint. No wonder Satan tries to keep our minds fussy in active work till we cannot think in prayer.

If the Spirit of God detects anything in you that is wrong, He doesn't ask you to make it right; He only asks you to accept the light of truth, and then He will make it right. A child of the light will confess sin instantly and stand completely open before God. But a child of the darkness will say, “Oh, I can explain that.