Some prayers are followed by silence (from God) because they are wrong, others because they are bigger than one can understand. It will be a wonderful moment for some of us when we stand before God and find that the prayers we clamored for in early days and imagined were never answered, have been answered in the most amazing way, and that God's silence has been the sign of the answer.
Oswald ChambersIt is better to enter into life maimed but lovely in Godโs sight than to appear lovely to manโs eyes but lame to Godโs.
Oswald ChambersIf sin rules in me, God's life in me will be killed; if God rules in me, sin in me will be killed.
Oswald ChambersOur Lord insists on the social aspect of our lives: He shows very distinctly that we cannot further ourselves alone.
Oswald Chambers