If you are going through a time of discouragement, there is a time or great personal growth ahead.
Oswald ChambersEarnestness is not by any means everything; it is very often a subtle form of pious pride because it is obsessed with the method and not with the Master.
Oswald ChambersGod will never reveal more truth about himself until you have obeyed what you know already
Oswald ChambersPrayer is often a temptation to bank on a miracle of God instead of on a moral issue, i.e., it is much easier to ask God to do my work than it is to do it myself. Until we are disciplined properly, we will always be inclined to bank on God's miracles and refuse to do the moral thing ourselves. It is our job, and it will never be done unless we do it.
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