Tag Archives: Oswald Chambers

What My Obedience to God Costs Other People

Posted on January 11, 2024 by Roland Ledoux

Thursday January 11, 2024 Luke 23:26 They seized one Simon of Cyrene . . . and laid on him the cross, to carry it behind Jesus. If we obey God it is going to cost other people more than it … Continue reading →

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Why Cannot I Follow Thee Now?

Posted on January 4, 2024 by Roland Ledoux

Thursday January 4, 2024 John 13:37 Peter said to him, “Lord, why can I not follow you now?” There are times when you cannot understand why you cannot do what you want to do. When God brings the blank space, … Continue reading →

Continuous Conversion

Posted on December 28, 2023 by Roland Ledoux

Thursday December 28, 2023 Matthew 18:3 “Unless you are converted and become as little children.” These words of Our Lord are true of our initial conversion, but we have to be continuously converted all the days of our lives, continually … Continue reading →

Experience or Revelation

Posted on December 21, 2023 by Roland Ledoux

Thursday December 21, 2023 1 Corinthians 2:12 Now we have received . . . the Spirit who is from God, that we might know the things that have been freely given to us by God. Reality is Redemption, not my … Continue reading →

The Great Life

Posted on December 14, 2023 by Roland Ledoux

Thursday December 14, 2023 John 14:27 “Peace I leave with you, My peace I give to you. . . . Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.” Whenever a thing becomes difficult in personal experience, we … Continue reading →

Repentance

Posted on December 7, 2023 by Roland Ledoux

Thursday December 7, 2023 2 Corinthians 7:10 For godly sorrow produces repentance leading to salvation. Conviction of sin is best portrayed in the words— ‘My sins, my sins, my Saviour. How sad on Thee they fall.’ Conviction of sin is … Continue reading →

By the Grace of God

Posted on November 30, 2023 by Roland Ledoux

Thursday November 30, 2023 1 Corinthians 15:10 But by the grace of God I am what I am, and His grace toward me was not in vain. The way we continually talk about our own inability is an insult to … Continue reading →

Distraction of Antipathy

Posted on November 23, 2023 by Roland Ledoux

Thursday November 23, 2023 Psalm 123:3 Have mercy on us, O LORD, have mercy on us! For we are exceedingly filled with contempt. The thing of which we have to beware is not so much damage to our belief in … Continue reading →

Still Human!

Posted on November 16, 2023 by Roland Ledoux

Thursday November 16, 2023 1 Corinthians 10:31 Whatever you do, do all to the glory of God. The great marvel of the Incarnation slips into ordinary childhood’s life; the great marvel of the Transfiguration vanishes in the devil-possessed valley; the … Continue reading →

Authority and Independence

Posted on November 2, 2023 by Roland Ledoux

Thursday November 2, 2023 John 14:15 “If you love Me, keep My commandments.” Our Lord never insists upon obedience; He tells us very emphatically what we ought to do, but He never takes means to make us do it. We … Continue reading →

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What Is a Missionary?

Posted on October 26, 2023 by Roland Ledoux

Thursday October 26, 2023 John 20:21 “As the Father has sent Me, I also send you.” A missionary is one sent by Jesus Christ as He was sent by God. The great dominant note is not the needs of men, … Continue reading →

The Unheeded Secret

Posted on October 19, 2023 by Roland Ledoux

Thursday October 19, 2023 John 18:36 “My kingdom is not of this world.” The great enemy to the Lord Jesus Christ in the present day is the conception of practical work that has not come from the New Testament, but … Continue reading →

Getting Into God’s Stride

Posted on October 12, 2023 by Roland Ledoux

Thursday October 12, 2023 Genesis 5:24 Enoch walked with God. The test of a man’s religious life and character is not what he does in the exceptional moments of life, but what he does in the ordinary times, when there … Continue reading →

The Bias of Degeneration

Posted on October 5, 2023 by Roland Ledoux

Thursday October 5, 2023 Romans 5:12 Just as through one man sin entered the world, and death through sin, and thus death spread to all men, because all sinned. The Bible does not say that God punished the human race … Continue reading →

The “Go” of Unconditional Identification

Posted on September 28, 2023 by Roland Ledoux

Thursday September 28, 2023 Mark 10:21 “One thing you lack . . . take up the cross, and follow Me.” The rich young ruler had the master passion to be perfect. When he saw Jesus Christ, he wanted to be … Continue reading →

Missionary Predestination

Posted on September 21, 2023 by Roland Ledoux

Thursday September 21, 2023 Isaiah 49:5 “And now the LORD says, Who formed Me from the womb to be His Servant. . .” The first thing that happens after we have realized our election to God in Christ Jesus is … Continue reading →

Imagination Versus Inspiration

Posted on September 14, 2023 by Roland Ledoux

Thursday September 14, 2023 2 Corinthians 11:3 The simplicity that is in Christ. Simplicity is the secret of seeing things clearly. A saint does not think clearly for a long while, but a saint ought to see clearly without any … Continue reading →

Springs of Benignity

Posted on September 7, 2023 by Roland Ledoux

Thursday September 7, 2023 John 4:14 “The water that I shall give him will become in him a fountain.” The picture Our Lord gives is not that of a channel but a fountain. ‘Be being filled,’ and the sweetness of … Continue reading →

My Joy . . . Your Joy

Posted on August 31, 2023 by Roland Ledoux

Thursday August 31, 2023 John 15:11 “These things I have spoken to you, that My joy may remain in you, and that your joy may be full.” What was the joy that Jesus had? It is an insult to use … Continue reading →

The Spiritual Index

Posted on August 24, 2023 by Roland Ledoux

Thursday August 24, 2023 Matthew 7:9 “Or what man is there among you who, if his son asks for bread, will give him a stone?” The illustration of prayer that Our Lord uses here is that of a good child … Continue reading →