There have been prophets and students who handle the Bible like a childâ€™s box of bricks; they explain to us the design and structure and purpose; but as time goes on things do not work out in their way at all. They have mistaken the scaffolding for the structure, while all the time God is working out His purpose with a great and undeterred patience.

Oswald Chambers

Oswald Chambers

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When we lose sight of God we become hard and dogmatic. We hurl our own petitions at Godâ€™s throne and dictate to Him as to what we wish Him to do. We do not worship God, nor do we seek to form the mind of Christ. If we are hard towards God, we will become hard towards other people.

— Oswald Chambers

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Don't forget to pray today because God did not forget to wake you up this morning.

— Oswald Chambers

Am I as spontaneously kind to God as I used to be, or am I only expecting God to be kind to me? Am I full of the little things that cheer His heart over me, or am I whimpering because things are going hardly with me? There is no joy in the soul that has forgotten what God prizes.

— Oswald Chambers

It is impossible to get exhausted in work for God. We get exhausted because we try to do God’s work in our own way.

— Oswald Chambers

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You can never sanctify to God that with which you long to satisfy yourself.

— Oswald Chambers