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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

“If you yourself do not cut the lines that tie you to the dock, God will have to use a storm to sever them and to send you out to sea. You have to get out past the harbor into the great dephts of God, and begin to know things for yourself....beg in to have spiritual discernment. Beware of paying attention or going back to what you once were, when God wants you to be something that you have never been.”

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“If we are obsessed by God, nothing else can get into our lives - not concerns, nor tribulation, not worries.”

Ifs God Christian Worry Our Lives Concern Obsessed Tribulation

Book:My Utmost for His Highest

Source: My Utmost for His Highest

“If a man cannot prove his religion in the valley, it is not worth anything.”

Ifs Men Prove Valleys Worthiness

Book:The Quotable Oswald Chambers

Source: The Quotable Oswald Chambers

“The expression of Christian character is not good doing, but God-likeness. If the Spirit of God has transformed you within, you will exhibit Divine characteristics in your life, not good human characteristics . God's life in us expresses itself as God's life, not as human life trying to be godly.”

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Book:My Utmost for His Highest Classic Edition

Source: My Utmost for His Highest Classic Edition

“If God allows you to be stripped of the exterior portions of your life, He means for you to cultivate the interior”

Ifs Mean Portions Interiors Exterior

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“If you have had no tension in your life, never been screwed up by problems, your mortality well within your own grasp, and someone tells you that God so loved you that He gave His Son to die for you, nothing but good manners will keep you from being amused.”

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“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.”

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Author:Oswald Chambers