Quotes from Oswald Chambers

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

Too often we treat prayer as the preparation for the work of the church. Do you not see? Prayer IS the work of the church.

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.

Narrow all your interests until the attitude of mind and heart and body is concentration on Jesus Christ.

The loadstar of a saint is God Himself, not estimated usefulness. It is the work that God does through us that count, not what we do for him.

The only basis on which to work for God is an esteemed appreciation of his deliverance.

One man or woman called of God is worth a hundred who have elected to work for God.

Prayer is not a preparation for work, it IS work. Prayer is not a preparation for the battle, it IS the battle. Prayer is two-fold: definite asking and definite waiting to receive.

The men with God's 'go' in them have these three characteristics-a saving experience, the evidence of supernatural power at work, and the spiritual efficacy of success in prayer.

Theology must work itself out in the most practical relationships.

If in preaching the gospel you substitute your knowledge of the way of salvation for confidence in the power of the gospel, you hinder people from getting to reality.

I have learnt that I am me, that I can do the things that, as one might put it, me can do, but I cannot do the things that me would like to do.

We must build our faith not on fading lights but on the Light that never fails.

Be persistent with your disturbance until you get face to face with the Lord himself. Don't deify common sense.

Very few of us know anything about loyalty to Christ -- For My Sake. It is that which makes the iron saint.

It is not repentance that saves me; repentance is the sign that I realise what God has done in Christ Jesus.

Realize that the Lord is here now, and the freedom you receive is immediate.

The dearest friend on earth is a mere shadow compared with Jesus Christ.

Leave the Irreparable Past in His hands, and step out into the Irresistible Future with Him.

The remarkable thing about God is that when you fear God, you fear nothing else, whereas if you do not fear God, you fear everything else.

Here are three things you should know about the God you serve: First, if He has called you to a work, His angels go before you, beside you, and behind you (Psalm 91:11).

God doesn't want courageous cowards; He needs confident commanders.

Human nature, if healthy, demands excitement; and if it does not obtain its thrilling excitement in the right way, it will seek it in the wrong. God never makes bloodless stoics; He makes no passionless saints.

When it is a question of God's almighty Spirit, never say, 'I can't.'