Oswald Chambers Quotes

Because I am a Christian, therefore, every day in which I do not penetrate more deeply into the knowledge of God's Word in Holy Scripture is a lost day for me. I can only move forward with certainty upon the firm ground of the Word of God. And, as a Christian, I learn to know the Holy Scriptures in no other way than by hearing the Word preached and by prayerful meditation.

Let us be very careful that we never exalt any minister, or sermon, or book, or friend above the Word of God.

A perfect practice of Christianity would, of course, consist in a perfect imitation of the life of Christ -- I mean, in so far as it was applicable in one's own particular circumstance. Not in an idiotic sense -- it doesn't mean that every Christian should grow a beard, or be a bachelor, or become a travelling preacher. It means that every single act and feeling, every experience, whether pleasant or unpleasant, must be referred to God.

The word of God is always most precious to the man who most lives upon it.

Let every Christian, as much as in him lies, engage himself openly and publicly, before all the World, in some mental pursuit for the Building up of Jerusalem.

Prayer is the breath, the watchword, the comfort, the strength, the honor of a Christian.

If you see a Bible that is falling apart, it probably belongs to someone who isn't!

Even professing Christians, by and large, devote to their spiritual growth and well-being a tiny fraction of the time they devote to their body, and it is even tinier fraction if we include what they worry about.

You might as reasonably expect to find a living man without breath, as a true Christian without the spirit of prayer and supplication.

I have studied this Book, and I would never even dream of saying I've come to the bottom of the Word of God.

He that is never on his knees on earth shall never stand upon his feet in heaven

There's a lovely Hasidic story of a rabbi who always told his people that if they studied the Torah, it would put Scripture on their hearts. One of them asked, "Why on our hearts, and not in them?" The rabbi answered, "Only God can put Scripture inside. But reading sacred text can put it on your heart, and then when your hearts break, the holy words will fall inside.

Instant obedience will teach you more about God than a lifetime of Bible discussions.

Afflictions for God's sake are dearer to Him than any prayer or sacrifice.

Prayer is the rope that pulls God and man together. But, it doesn't pull God down to us: It pulls us up to Him.

That happened when I was a freshman in high school. The guy reading it [the Bible] was dating my older sister. I thought he was the cutest thing that had ever happened in Nashville. He was nine years older than me and I thought, 'Mimi, I hate to do this to you, but I'm going to steal this guy away.' So I went to this Bible study thinking I was going to make this guy fall in love with me. I was fourteen. Hey, you know. But I was so overwhelmed by what they were talking about at this Bible study. I became a very serious, committed Christian.

Though we must never think to learn above our Bible, as long as we are here in this world, yet we must still be getting forward in it.

Resolved, to study the Scriptures so steadily, constantly and frequently, as that I may find, and plainly perceive myself to grow in the knowledge of the same.

We read some things in the Bible three hundred and sixty-five times and they mean nothing to us, then all of a sudden we see what God means, because in some particular we have obeyed God, and instantly His nature is opened up.

You can be too big for God to use, but you can never be too small for God to use.

I taught Sunday school when I was younger, and ended up an elder in the church, and it just seemed to me that a lot of people who went to church certainly weren't - the rest of the week - living what I would call an Christian life.

You wouldn't go very long without eating food; don't let your spirit starve either. Feed on the Word of God every day.

Prayer is the greatest force that we can wield. It is the greatest talent which God has granted us. He has given it to every Christian.

I don't think it's that hard [to lead a Christian life]. To me it's fun. We have joy and happiness.

It is not he who knows most, nor he who hears most, nor yet he who talks most, but he who exercises grace most, who has most communion with God.