Our prayers are heard, not because we are in earnest, not because we suffer, but because Jesus suffered.
Oswald ChambersWe pray when there's nothing else we can do; Jesus wants us to pray before we do anything at all.
Oswald ChambersNot often, but every once in a while, God brings us to a major turning point — a great crossroads in our life.
Oswald ChambersWhat hinders me from hearing is that I am taken up with other things. It is not that I will not hear God, but I am not devoted in the right place. I am devoted to things, to service, to convictions, and God may say what He likes but I do not hear Him.
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