Certainty is the mark of the commonsense life-gracious uncertainty is the mark of the spiritual life.
Oswald ChambersRead
The great thing about faith in God is that it keeps a man undisturbed in the midst of disturbance.
Interpretation
Faith in God provides peace and stability during challenging times.
This quote by Oswald Chambers emphasizes the power of faith as a source of inner calmness and strength. In a world full of chaos and challenges, having faith in God helps individuals maintain their composure and serenity, allowing them to navigate through life's disturbances without being overwhelmed by external circumstances.
In practice
Sharing this quote at a church service to inspire congregants during tough times.
Certainty is the mark of the commonsense life-gracious uncertainty is the mark of the spiritual life.
Never make the blunder of trying to forecast the way God is going to answer your prayer.
Service is the overflow which pours from a life filled with love and devotion. But strictly speaking, there is no call to that. Service is what I bring to the relationship and is the reflection of my identification with the nature of God.
When we preach the love of God there is a danger of forgetting that the Bible reveals not first the love of God but the intense, blazing holiness of God, with His love at the center of that holiness.
It is much easier to do something than to trust in God; we mistake panic for inspiration.
Service is the overflow which pours from a life filled with love and devotion.
There is a tradition of opposition between adherents of induction and of deduction. In my view it would be just as sensible for the two ends of a worm to quarrel.
Don't seek God in temples. He is close to you. He is within you. Only you should surrender to Him and you will rise above happiness and unhappiness.
Those who have a tolerable knowledge of human nature will not stand in need of such lights.
It is a very inconvenient habit of kittens (Alice had once made the remark) that, whatever you say to them, they always purr: "If they would only purr for 'yes,' and mew for 'no,; or any rule of that sort," she had said, "so that one could keep up a conversation! But how can you talk with a person if they always say the same thing?
we must not blame our poor symbols if they take forms that seem trivial to us, or absurd, ... however paltry they may be; the nature of our life alone has determined their forms.
The will of God is not something you add to your life. Itβs a course you choose. You either line yourself up with the Son of Godβ¦or you capitulate to the principle which governs the rest of the world.
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