Oswald Chambers Quotes

Pray till prayer makes you forget your own wish, and leave it or merge it in God's will.

You pray for things, and you know, we all have our wishlists, but I've learned to pray for whatever's in your will.

When I see Jesus Christ I simply want to be what He wants me to be.

There are no disappointments to those whose wills are buried in the will of God.

The hardest part of being a Christian is surrendering and that is where the real struggle happens. Once we have overcome our own desire to be elevated, our own desire to be recognized, our own desire to be independent and all those things that we value very much because we are Americans and we are part of this American culture. Once we have overcome that struggle then God can use us as a part of His body to accomplish what the body of Christ was left here to accomplish.

My desire is to let go of my ego and let in His direction.

But I know God has big stuff planned that ultimately doesn't have anything to do with me.

We can only learn to know ourselves and do what we can - namely, surrender our will and fulfill God's will in us.

It is the Higher Power which does everything, and the man is only a tool. If he accepts that position, he is free from troubles; otherwise, he courts them.

To will what God doth will, that is the only science that gives us any rest.

The essence of surrender is getting out of God's way so that He can do in us what He also wants to do through us.

He is truly great that is great in charity. He is truly great that is little in himself, and maketh no account of any height of honor. And he is truly learned that doeth the will of God, and forsaketh his own will.

Make this simple rule the guide of your life: to have no will but God's.

It matters not to me what I do, or what I suffer, so long as I abide loveingly united to God's will - that is my whole business.

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.

I must learn that the purpose of my life belongs to God, not me. God is using me from His great personal perspective, and all He asks of me is that I trust Him. ... When I stop telling God what I want, He can freely work His will in me without any hindrance. ... Self-pity is of the devil, and if I wallow in it I cannot be used by God for His purpose in the world.

I never have prayed to win a gold medal at Olympics and never will. The Lord is my Shepard and I shall not want. May His will be done.

A sacrifice to be real must cost, must hurt, and must empty ourselves. Give yourself fully to God. He will use you to accomplish great things on the condition that you believe much more in his love than in your weakness.

Holiness does not consist in doing extraordinary things. It consists in accepting, with a smile, what Jesus sends us. It consists in accepting and following the will of God.

'Doing your own thing' and being a Christian is an oxymoron. As Christians, every day we need to be presenting ourselves before the Lord, thanking Him for His mercy and asking Him to make us more like Him by emptying us of our will, so God's will can be done.

Whatever happens at the end of the day, as long as I glorify His name, that's what it's all about.

I know that for me I have to get out of the way and let God take control.

True strength lies in submission which permits one to dedicate his life, through devotion, to something beyond himself.

The success and the failure are not my concern, but His.

To be able to love and live in freedom means to be able to make godly decisions. To make godly decisions we have to surrender our egos and all the falsity and shame that goes with it.