Oswald Chambers Quotes

No holiday, no job, no amount of money, not even my own security can mean more to me than my love for God.

I believe I was born for this, to tell people about the Lord. I just wanted to find the best way that I could do it, and music, God graced me to be able to do it, and that was the way that I chose to be effective and tell people that the Lord loves them.

My service to humanity is my real opportunity to prove my genuine love for God and God alone.

We are called to show utter commitment to the God who is revealed in Jesus and to all those to whom His invitation is addressed.

Our Heavenly Father can appreciate our love for Him by how well we serve Him and how well we serve our fellowmen.

There is no finer way to demonstrate love of God than by serving Him in the positions to which we may be called. Occasionally, the reward for that service will be prompt, and we'll see the light in the eyes of the person whom we have helped. Other times, however, the Lord will let us wait a little while and let our reward come another way.

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

I am born for God only. Christ is nearer to me than father, or mother, or sister - a near relation, a more affectionate Friend; and I rejoice to follow Him, and to love Him. Blessed Jesus! Thou art all I want - a forerunner to me in all I ever shall go through as a Christian, a minister, or a missionary.

And the purpose of our creation, in which all our subsidiary purposes fit, is to be in a personal relationship to God, in communion with him, in love, by choice, the creature before the Creator.

He who loves God cannot endeavor that God should love him in return.

When the day of recompense comes, our only regret will be that we have done so little for Him, not that we have done too much.

The love that I pray every day is manifest through me. Not because I'm a loving person, but because the God that I serve loves everybody.

We are not primarily called to do something or go somewhere; we are called to Someone. We are not called first to special work but to God. The key to answering the call is to be devoted to no one and to nothing above God himself.

I serve for the love of God and in Him have all my hope.

I longed to be a flame of fire continually glowing in the divine service and building up of Christ's kingdom to my last and dying breath.

Whether we think of, or speak to, God, whether we act or suffer for him, all is prayer, when we have no other object than his love, and the desire of pleasing him.

Avoid trivial pursuits. You are a child of God, destined for glory, and called to do great things in His Name. Do not waste your life on hobbies, sports, and other recreational pursuits. Do not throw away the precious moments of your life on entertainment, movies, and video games. Though some of these things can properly have a 'small place' in the Christian's life, we must be careful not to give undue attention to temporal and fruitless activities. Do not waste your life. Employ the time of your youth in developing the character and skills necessary to be a useful servant of God.

The meaning of life consists in the love and service of God.

You must never sacrifice your relationship with God for the sake of a relationship with another person.

If I'm going to be in the right relationship with God, I should treat the things he has made in the same way he treats them.

God makes us as broken bread and poured-out wine to please Him. Beware of competing calls once the call of God grips you.

Highest love for God can never be achieved without renunciation.

Love's secret is always to be doing things for God, and not to mind because they are such very little ones.

...we are quick to rationalize our entertainment and priorities yet are slow to commit to serving God.