It is better to enter into life maimed but lovely in Godโs sight than to appear lovely to manโs eyes but lame to Godโs.
Oswald ChambersWe pray when there's nothing else we can do; Jesus wants us to pray before we do anything at all.
Oswald ChambersPrayer is not getting things from God. That is a most initial stage; prayer is getting into perfect communion with God: I tell Him what I know He knows in order that I may get to know it as He does.
Oswald ChambersIs the Son of God praying in me, or am I dictating to Him?... Prayer is not simply getting things from God, that is a most initial form of prayer; prayer is getting into perfect communion with God. If the Son of God is formed in us by regeneration, He will press forward in front of our common sense and change our attitude to the things about which we pray.
Oswald Chambers