“Most of us would prefer, however, to spend our time doing something that will get immediate results. We don’t want to wait for God to resolve matters in His good time because His idea of ‘good time’ is seldom in sync with ours.”1
“Faith is deliberate confidence in the character of God whose ways you may not understand at the time.”
“One of the greatest strains in life is the strain of waiting for God.”
“You will never cease to be the most amazed person on earth at what God has done for you on the inside.”
“No healthy Christian ever chooses suffering; he chooses God’s will, as Jesus did, whether it means suffering or not.”
“When you are in the dark, listen, and God will give you a very precious message.”
“The main characteristic which is the proof of the indwelling Spirit is an amazing tenderness in personal dealing, and a blazing truthfulness with regard to God’s Word.”
“We are not meant to be seen as God’s perfect, bright-shining examples, but to be seen as the everyday essence of ordinary life exhibiting the miracle of His grace.”
“Don’t forget to pray today because God did not forget to wake you up this morning.”
“There is no joy in the soul that has forgotten what God prizes.”
“When God gets us alone through suffering, heartbreak, temptation, disappointment, sickness, or by thwarted friendship – when He gets us absolutely alone, and we are totally speechless, unable to ask even one question, then He begins to teach us.”
“Let the consequences of your obedience be left up to God.”
“The best measure of a spiritual life is not its ecstasies but its obedience.”
“Worship is giving God the best that He has given you. Be careful what you do with the best you have, Whenever you get a blessing from God, give it back to Him as a love gift. Take time to meditate before God and offer the blessing back to Him in a deliberate act of worship.”
“We look upon prayer simply as a means of getting things for ourselves, but the biblical purpose of prayer is that we may get to know God Himself.”
“What a blessed habit I have found my prayer list, morning by morning, it takes me via the Throne of all Grace straight to the intimate personal heart of each one mentioned here, and I know that He Who is not prescribed by time and geography answers immediately.”
“The purpose of prayer is to reveal the presence of God, equally present at all times and in every condition.”
“Give thanks to God that He is there, no matter what is happening.”
“The true happiness of the saint is found in purposefully making and keeping God first.”
“Nothing is too hard for God, no sin too difficult for His love to overcome, no failure that He cannot make into a success.”
“Shut out every other consideration and keep yourself before God for this one thing only—My Utmost for His Highest. I am determined to be absolutely and entirely for Him and for Him alone.”
“The greatest test of a man’s character is his tongue.”
“The great thing about faith in God is that it keeps a man undisturbed in the midst of disturbance.”
“Christianity is not devotion to work, or to a cause, or a doctrine, but devotion to a Person, the Lord Jesus Christ.”
“The proof that our relationship is right with God is that we do our best whether we feel inspired or not.”
1 All of the following quotes are from the websites below:
Oswald Chambers Quotes (Author of My Utmost for His Highest)
Inspirational Quotes by Oswald Chambers