A heartless Christian must be a terrible grief to our Lord.

— 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

Are you ready to be less than a mere drop in the bucket--to be so totally insignificant that no one remembers you even if they think of those you served? Are you willing to give and be poured out until you are used up and exhausted--not seeking to be ministered to, but to minister?

— Oswald Chambers

A sentimentalist is one who delights to have high and devout emotions stirred whilst reading in an armchair, or in a prayer meeting, but he never translates his emotions into action. Consequently, a sentimentalist is usually callous, self-centered and selfish, because the emotions he likes to have stirred do not cost him anything.

— Oswald Chambers

As the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without deeds is dead.

— Oswald Chambers

As we draw on the grace of God He increases voluntary poverty all along the line. Always give the best you have got every time; never think about who you are giving it to; let other people take it or leave it as they choose. Pour out the best you have, and always be poor. Never reserve anything; never be diplomatic and careful about the treasure God gives.

— Oswald Chambers

At heart men are antagonistic to the lordship of Jesus Christ. It is not antagonism to creeds or points of view, but antagonism encountered for My sake. Many of us awaken antagonism by our way of stating things; we have to distinguish between being persecuted for some notion of our own and being persecuted “for My sake.

— Oswald Chambers

A time is coming when the whole round world will know that God reigns and that God is Love, when hell and heaven, life and death, sin and salvation, will be read and understood aright at last.

— Oswald Chambers

Be careful that you don't become a hypocrite by spending all your time trying to get others right with God before you worship Him yourself.

— Oswald Chambers

Beware of anything that would tarnish God's mirror in you. It is always something good stains it—good, but not best.

— Oswald Chambers