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Oswald Chambers (July 24, 1874 – November 15, 1917) was a Scottish Christian minister, teacher, and writer, best known for his devotional classic 'My Utmost for His Highest'. Born in Aberdeen, he studied art in London before feeling called to ministry. He taught at the Bible Training College in London and served as a YMCA chaplain to British soldiers in Egypt during World War I, where he died of complications from appendicitis. His works, compiled posthumously by his wife Gertrude, have inspired millions worldwide.

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Famous Oswald Chambers Quotes

“Never allow anything that divides or destroys the oneness of your life with Christ to remain in your life without facing it.”

Christ Oneness Divides

Book:My Utmost Fhh Grad Updated/E

Source: My Utmost Fhh Grad Updated/E

“Jesus Christ out-socialists the socialists. He says that in His Kingdom he that is greatest shall be the servant of all. The real test of the saint is not preaching the gospel, but washing disciples' feet, that is, doing the things that do not count in the actual estimate of men but count everything in the estimate of God.”

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Book:The Quotable Oswald Chambers

Source: The Quotable Oswald Chambers

“And it is not repentance that saves me — repentance is only the sign that I realize what God has done through Christ Jesus.”

Done Jesus Christ Realizing Repentance Save Me

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“The test of the life of a saint is not success, but faithfulness in human life as it actually is. We will set up success in Christian work as the aim; the aim is to manifest the glory of God in human life, to live the life hid with Christ in God in human conditions. Our human relationships are the actual conditions in which the ideal life of God is to be exhibited.”

Source: My Utmost for His Highest Classic Edition

“The call of God is to preach the gospel--namely, the reality of redemption in our Lord Jesus Christ. The one passion of Paul's life was to proclaim the gospel of God. He welcomed heartbreak, disillusionment , and tribulation for only one reason--these things kept him unmovable in his devotion to the gospel of God.”

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Book:My Utmost for His Highest

Source: My Utmost for His Highest

“The spirit of God has the habit of taking the words of Jesus out of their scriptural setting and putting them into the setting of our personal lives.”

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Book:Our Brilliant Heritage / If You Will Be Perfect / Disciples Indeed: The Inheritance of God's Transforming Mind & Heart

Source: Our Brilliant Heritage / If You Will Be Perfect / Disciples Indeed: The Inheritance of God's Transforming Mind & Heart

“My unrestrained commitment of myself to God gives the Holy Spirit the opportunity to grant to me the holiness of Jesus Christ.”

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Book:My Utmost for His Highest

Source: My Utmost for His Highest

“The greatest competitor of devotion to Jesus is service to Him. It is never 'Do, do' with the Lord, but 'Be, be' and He will 'do' through you. The only way to keep true to God is by a steady persistent refusal to be interested in Christian work and to be interested alone in Jesus Christ.”

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“Very few of us know anything about loyalty to Christ -- For My Sake. It is that which makes the iron saint.”

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Book:Called of God: Extracts from My Utmost for His Highest on the Missionary Call

Source: Called of God: Extracts from My Utmost for His Highest on the Missionary Call