We are not built for the mountains and the dawns and aesthetic affinities, those are for moments of inspiration, that is all. We are built for the valley, for the ordinary stuff we are in, and that is where we have to prove our mettle. Spiritual selfishness always wants repeated moments on the mount. We feel we could talk like angels and live like angels, if only we could stay on the mount. The times of exaltation are exceptional, they have their meaning in our life with God, but we must beware lest our spiritual selfishness wants to make them the only time.
Once the call of God comes to you, start going and never stop. - Oswald Chambers
Once the call of God comes to you, start going and never stop.
- Oswald Chambers
Prayer is the supreme activity of all that is noblest in our personality, and the essential nature of prayer is faith. - Oswald Chambers
Prayer is the supreme activity of all that is noblest in our personality, and the essential nature of prayer is faith.
The nature of faith is that it must be tried. - Oswald Chambers
The nature of faith is that it must be tried.
We tend to use prayer as a last resort, but God wants it to be our first line of defense. We pray when there's nothing else we can do, but God wants … - Oswald Chambers
We tend to use prayer as a last resort, but God wants it to be our first line of defense. We pray when there's nothing else we can do, but God wants …
We have to recognize that sin is a fact, not a defect; sin is red-handed mutiny against God. Either God or sin must die in my life...If sin rules in … - Oswald Chambers
We have to recognize that sin is a fact, not a defect; sin is red-handed mutiny against God. Either God or sin must die in my life...If sin rules in …
Spiritual maturity is not reached by the passing of the years, but by obedience to the will of God. - Oswald Chambers
Spiritual maturity is not reached by the passing of the years, but by obedience to the will of God.
The greatest test of a man's character is his tongue. - Oswald Chambers
The greatest test of a man's character is his tongue.
The more you fulfill yourself, the less you will seek God. - Oswald Chambers
The more you fulfill yourself, the less you will seek God.
Faith that is sure of itself is not faith; faith that is sure of God is the only faith there is. - Oswald Chambers
Faith that is sure of itself is not faith; faith that is sure of God is the only faith there is.
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