Tag Archives: Oswald Chambers

The Spiritual Index

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

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Are You Discouraged In Devotion?

Thursday August 17, 2023 Luke 18:22 “You still lack one thing. Sell all that you have . . . and come, follow Me.” “And when he heard this . . .” Have you ever heard the Master say a hard … Continue reading

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The Sacrament of the Saint

Thursday August 10, 2023 1 Peter 4:19 Therefore let those who suffer according to the will of God commit their souls to Him in doing good, as to a faithful Creator. To choose to suffer means that there is something … Continue reading

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The Big Compelling God

Thursday August 3, 2023 Luke 18:31 “Behold, we are going up to Jerusalem.” Jerusalem stands in the life of Our Lord as the place where He reached the climax of His Father’s will. “I seek not Mine own will, but … Continue reading

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Direction of Discipline

Thursday June 29, 2023 Matthew 5:30 “And if your right hand causes you to sin, cut it off and cast it from you; for it is more profitable for you that one of your members perish, than for your whole … Continue reading

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The Undeviating Test

Thursday June 22, 2023 Matthew 7:2 For with what judgment you judge, you will be judged; and with the measure you use, it will be measured back to you. This statement is not a haphazard guess, it is an eternal … Continue reading

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Get a Move On

Thursday June 15, 2023 2 Peter 1:5 But also for this very reason . . . add . . . In the matter of drudgery . . . You have inherited the Divine nature, says Peter in verse 4, now … Continue reading

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What Next?

Thursday June 8, 2023 John 13:17 “If you know these things, blessed are you if you do them.” Determine to know more than others. If you do not cut the moorings, God will have to break them by a storm … Continue reading

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The Staggering Question

Thursday June 1, 2023 Ezekiel 37:3 “Son of man, can these bones live?” Can that sinner be turned into a saint? Can that twisted life be put right? There is only one answer: ‘O Lord, Thou knowest, I don’t.’ Never … Continue reading

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The Test of Self-Interest

Thursday May 25, 2023 Genesis 13:9 “If you take the left, then I will go to the right; or, if you go to the right, then I will go to the left.” As soon as you begin to live the … Continue reading

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Careful Unreasonableness

Thursdat May 18, 2023 Matthew 6:26, 28 “Look at the birds of the air . . . consider the lilies of the field.” Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow, they simply are! Think of the sea, the … Continue reading

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You Won’t Reach It On Tiptoe

Thursday May 11, 2023 2 Peter 1:7 [Add] to brotherly kindness love. Love is indefinite to most of us, we do not know what we mean when we talk about love. Love is the sovereign preference of one person for … Continue reading

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Vicarious Intercession

Thursday May 4, 2023 Hebrews 10:19 Therefore, brethren, having boldness to enter the Holiest by the blood of Jesus. Beware of imagining that intercession means bringing our personal sympathies into the presence of God and demanding that He does what … Continue reading

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What Do You Want?

Thursday April 27, 2023 Jeremiah 45:5 Do you seek great things for yourself? Are you seeking great things for yourself? Not seeking to be a great one, but seeking great things from God for yourself. God wants you in a … Continue reading

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Moral Dominion

Thursday April 13, 2023 Romans 6:9-11 Death no longer has dominion over Him . . . the life that He lives, He lives to God. Likewise you also, reckon yourselves to be dead indeed to sin, but alive to God … Continue reading

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The Collision of God and Sin

Thursday April 6, 2023 1 Peter 2:24 Who Himself bore our sins in His own body on the tree. The Cross of Jesus is the revelation of God’s judgment on sin. Never tolerate the idea of martyrdom about the Cross … Continue reading

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Holiness vs. Hardness Towards God

Thursday March 30, 2023 Isaiah 59:16 He . . . wondered that there was no intercessor. The reason many of us leave off praying and become hard towards God is because we have only a sentimental interest in prayer. It … Continue reading

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Am I Carnally Minded?

Thursday March 23, 2023 1 Corinthians 3:3 For where there are envy, strife, and divisions among you, are you not carnal? No natural man knows anything about carnality. The flesh lusting against the Spirit that came in at regeneration, and … Continue reading

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The Master Assizes

Thursday March 16, 2023 2 Corinthians 5:10 For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ. Paul says that we must all, preacher and people alike, “appear before the judgment seat of Christ.” If you learn to live … Continue reading

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The Time of Relapse

Thursday March 9, 2023 John 6:67 “Do you also want to go away?” A penetrating question. Our Lord’s words come home most when He talks in the most simple way. We know Who Jesus is, but in spite of that … Continue reading

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