Our Lord never referred to unanswered prayer. He taught that prayers are always answered: โEveryone who asks receivesโ. And He implied that prayers are answered rightly because of the heavenly Father's wisdom: โYour Father knows the things you have need of before you ask Himโ.
Oswald ChambersThe truth is we have nothing to fear and nothing to overcome because He is all in all and we are more than conquerors through Him.
Oswald ChambersSin is not weakness, it is a disease; it is red-handed rebellion against God and the magnitude of that rebellion is expressed by Calvary's cross.
Oswald ChambersIt is the unseen and the spiritual in people that determines the outward and the actual.
Oswald ChambersWe imagine that whatever is unpleasant is our duty! Is that anything like the spirit of our Lord, "I *delight* to do Thy will, O My God.
Oswald ChambersThe key to the missionary's work is the authority of Jesus Christ, not the needs of the lost. We are inclined to look on our Lord as one who assists us in our endeavors for God. Yet our Lord places Himself as the absolute sovereign and supreme Lord over His disciples. He does not say that the lost will never be saved if we don't go- He simply says, "Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations...."
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