Oswald Chambers Quotes

There is one thing higher than Royalty: and that is religion, which causes us to leave the world, and seek God.

All obedience begins in the affections, and nothing in religion is done right, that is not done there first.

Went to church and fasted all day.

I may be a nut, but I'm fastened to a good bolt, the Lord Jesus Christ.

If I was told to sacrifice something to prove my devotion to God, if I was told to do what all monotheists are told to do and admire the man who said 'Yes I'll gut my kid to show my love of God.'

Put God first in everything you do ... Everything that I have is by the grace of God, understand that. It's a gift ... I didn't always stick with Him, but He stuck with me.

Hold on to your salah, because if you lose that, you will lose everything else.

No, I'm not religious, I'm sorry to say. But I was once and shall be again. There is no time now to be religious." "No time. Does it need time to be religious?" "Oh, yes. To be religious you must have time and, even more, independence of time. You can't be religious in earnest and at the same time live in actual things and still take them seriously, time and money and the Odéon Bar and all that.

Put God first in everything you do.

We're here to be worshipers first and workers only second

Sacrifice is the first element of religion, and resolves itself in theological language into the love of God.

In contemporary American culture, the religions are more and more treated as just passing beliefs - almost as fads - rather than as the fundaments upon which the devout build their lives.

I want God to be first in my life, so I'm putting Him first in my life today.

Faith is never identical with piety even if it were the purest and finest.

Give God the first part of every day. Give God the first day of every week. Give God the first portion of your income. Give God the first consideration in every decision. Give God the first place in your life.

God is Love, my friends- nothing more, nothing less.

I was never out of my Bible.

Christians are like a thirteen year old kid who still believes in Santa.

Prayer is first and foremost an act of love

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

The pious sectarian is proud because he is confident of his right of possession in God. The man of devotion is meek because he is conscious of God's right of love over his life and soul.

Such self-denial 'may appear demanding,' but it will allow you, so to speak, to be and to breathe within the heart of the church.

Many infidels have maintained that Ignorance is the mother of Devotion.

I'm a Catholic, raised a Catholic. I was an altar boy. Religion has been a huge part of my life. It helped lead me through a war, leads me today.

If I thought I could win one more soul to the Lord by walking on my head and playing the tambourine with my toes, I'd learn how!