Oswald Chambers — My Utmost for His Highest

The main idea in the region of religion is' Your eyes upon God, not on men. Do not have as your motive the desire to be known as a praying man. Get an inner chamber in which to pray where no one knows you are praying, sh…

We are not made for the mountains, for sunrises, or for the other beautiful attractions in life'those are simply intended to be moments of inspiration. We are made for the valley and the ordinary things of life, and that…

The great enemy to the Lord Jesus Christ in the present day is the conception of practical work that has not come from the New Testament, but from the systems of the world in which endless energy and activities are insis…

God is at work bending, breaking, molding, and doing exactly as He chooses. And why is He doing it? He is doing it for only one purpose'that He may be able to say, 'This is My man, and this is My woman.' We have to be in…

The life of faith brings the two into a right relation. Common sense is not faith, and faith is not common sense; they stand in the relation of the natural and the spiritual; of impulse and inspiration. Nothing Jesus Chr…

The goal of faithfulness is not that we will do work for God, but that He will be free to do His work through us.