Oswald Chambers Quotes

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.

I make mistakes every day. I'm not perfect in my behavior, but I want to be and that's what God is after, a heart that wants to be.

Our weaknesses are not as negative as we may believe. They make us rely upon God's grace and power for greater Christlikeness and ministry.

I have learned to be molded by God into the person He wants. I want to help and encourage others to be the best they can be.

God has a plan for all of us, but He expects us to do our share of the work.

I love being a scientologist, as it's helped me in every single aspect of my life.

I'm not perfect. I'm never going to be. And that's the great thing about living the Christian life and trying to live by faith, is you're trying to get better every day. You're trying to improve.

God never gives us more than we can handle. Everything that comes our way is coming our way so that we can grow and evolve.

Physically, I've seen a change in my life. No, I haven't had a face lift or anything like that. I've grown. That's God's countenance.

I spent most of the early years of my walk with God focused on what was wrong with me. Most of us probably do that, hoping to change ourselves.

All things are lessons that God would have us learn.

God does things on his time. He wanted me to sit down and wanted me to get some other aspects of my life back in order.

It is a trap to presume that God wants to make us perfect specimens of what He can do— God’s purpose is to make us one with Himself.

Better to have a small role in God's story than to cast yourself as the lead in your own fiction.

If you are BIG ENOUGH for your dream, your dream isn't BIG ENOUGH for God.

Here's good news: God is even more committed to your change, your growth, and your transformation than you are.

Spiritual maturity is measured in terms of persevering faith, not perfect behavior

Some unanswered prayers are only because God doesn't want to do something for us. He wants to do something through us.

It is my desire and intent to trust the multi-layered good purposes of God than in what humans fabricate out of their need and experience. I specifically ask not to know these purposes so that I might remain a child in their unfolding.

If you already understand your purpose, are you prepared to change your plans to match God’s will? If you aren’t, you can easily become bitter because things that used to work for you may no longer work. Be willing to transition at every stage and age of life. If your heart is open and you have an open mind, the blessings will flow.

Difficult times don't come your way just so you can survive them; God uses these times in your life to form and refine you.

Not infrequently our GOD brings His people into difficulties on purpose that they may come to know Him as they could not otherwise do.

If God only used perfect people, He would have no one to use.

A Christian is never in a state of completion but always in a process of becoming.

God can take anything that happens to us-even bad things-and use it to shape us and make us into a better, more Christlike person-if we let Him.