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Oswald Chambers
Oswald
Chambers was born in Scotland and spent much of his
boyhood there. His ministry of teaching and preaching
took him for a time to the United States and Japan.
The last six years of his life were spent as principal
of the Bible Training College in London, and as chaplain
to British Commonwealth troops in Egypt during World
War I. Never having written a book himself, the books
which bear his name were compiled posthumously by
his wife from her own verbatim shorthand notes of
his talks.
Oswald
Chambers' Devotional Library
Oswald
Chambers' Products
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February
17
Taking the Initiative
Against Depression
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If
we were never depressed, we would not be alive—only
material things don’t suffer depression.
If human beings were not capable of depression,
we would have no capacity for happiness and
exaltation.
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February
18
Taking the Initiative
Against Despair
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In
the Garden of Gethsemane, the disciples went
to sleep when they should have stayed awake,
and once they realized what they had done it
produced despair. The sense of having done something
irreversible tends to make us despair. We say,
"Well, it’s all over and ruined now;
what’s the point in trying anymore."
If we think this kind of despair is an exception,
we are mistaken.
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May
10
Take the Initiative
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We
are in danger of forgetting that we cannot do
what God does, and that God will not do what we
can do. |
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May
22
The Explanation For Our Difficulties
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The
things we are going through are either making
us sweeter, better, and nobler men and women,
or they are making us more critical and fault-finding,
and more insistent on our own way.
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August
28
The Purpose of Prayer
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To
say that "prayer changes things" is
not as close to the truth as saying, "Prayer
changes me and then I change things." God
has established things so that prayer, on the
basis of redemption, changes the way a person
looks at things. Prayer is not a matter of changing
things externally, but one of working miracles
in a person’s inner nature.
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November
5
Partakers of His Suffering
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If
you are going to be used by God, He will take
you through a number of experiences that are not
meant for you personally at all. They are designed
to make you useful in His hands, and to enable
you to understand what takes place in the lives
of others. Because of this process, you will never
be surprised by what comes your way. |
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