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Oswald Chambers was born in Aberdeen, Scotland, in 1874, the youngest son of a Baptist minister. He spent his boyhood years in Perth; then his family moved to London when Oswald was fifteen. Shortly after the move to London, Oswald made his public profession of faith in Christ and became a member of Rye Lane Baptist Church. This marked a period of rapid spiritual growth, along with an intense struggle to find God’s will and way for his life. Oswald Chambers was not famous during his lifetime. At the time of his death in 1917 at the age of forty-three, only three books bearing his name had been published. Among a relatively small circle of Christians in Britain and the U.S., Chambers was much appreciated as a teacher of rare insight and expression, but he was not widely known.

Partakers of His Suffering

". . . but rejoice to the extent that you partake of Christ’s sufferings." (1 Peter 4:13)  If you are going to be used by God, He will take...
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The Authority of Truth

"Draw near to God and He will draw near to you." (James 4:8)  The evangelical message should always lead [a person] to action. Refusing to act leaves a person...
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A Bondservant of Jesus

"I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me." (Galatians 2:20)  These words mean the breaking and collapse of my...
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Obedience or Independence?

"If you love Me, keep My commandments." (John 14:15)  The Lord does not give me rules, but He makes His standard very clear. If my relationship to Him is...
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You Are Not Your Own

"Do you not know that . . . you are not your own?" (1 Corinthians 6:19)  There is no such thing as a private life, or a place to...
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The Trial of Faith

"If you have faith as a mustard seed . . . nothing will be impossible for you." (Matthew 17:20)  Faith brings us into the right relationship with God and...
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Faith

"Without faith it is impossible to please Him . . ." (Hebrews 11:6)  Faith must be tested and tried before it becomes real in your life. . . Faith...
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Substitution

"He made Him who knew no sin to be sin for us, that we might become the righteousness of God in Him." (2 Corinthians 5:21)  We are acceptable to...
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Justification by Faith

"If when we were enemies we were reconciled to God through the death of His Son, much more, having been reconciled, we shall be saved by His life." (Romans...
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The Method of Missions

"Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations . . ." (Matthew 28:19)  Jesus Christ did not say, “Go and save souls”, but He said, “Go . ....
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What is a Missionary?

"Jesus said to them again, ’. . . As the Father has sent Me, I also send you’." (John 20:21)  A missionary is someone sent by Jesus Christ just...
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Submitting to God’s Purpose

"I have become all things to all men, that I might by all means save some." (1 Corinthians 9:22)  A Christian worker has to learn how to be God’s...
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The Proper Perspective

"Thanks be to God who always leads us in triumph in Christ . . ." (2 Corinthians 2:14)  The proper perspective of a servant of God must not simply...
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Nothing of the Old Life!

"If anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new." (2 Corinthians 5:17)  There is only one thing...
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