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When Humility Isn’t Humility
Do you feel inadequate for the task ahead? Week 48 - Celebrating 100 Years of Oswald Chambers VERSE: “His grace which was bestowed upon me was not in vain.” 1 Corinthians 15:10 OSWALD: “The way we continually talk about our own inability is an insult to the Creator. The deploring of our own incompetence is a slander against God for having overlooked us. Get into the habit of examining in the...
Laying Down Our Sword
Are you seeking vindication? Week 47 - Celebrating 100 Years of Oswald Chambers VERSE: “Have mercy upon us, O Lord, have mercy upon us: for we are exceedingly filled with contempt.” Psalm 123:3 OSWALD: "Refuse to be swamped with the cares of this life...[and] the lust of vindication. St. Augustine prayed – 'O Lord, deliver me from this lust of always vindicating myself.' That temper of mind...
The Danger of Surrogate Messiahs
Do you often try to "fix things" for everyone else? Week 46 - Celebrating 100 Years of Oswald Chambers VERSE: “Lord, what shall this man do? …What is that to thee? Follow thou Me.” John 21:21,22 OSWALD: “One of the hardest lessons to learn comes from our stubborn refusal to refrain from interfering in other people’s lives. It takes a long time to realize the danger of being an amateur...
The Problem of Self-Pity
Is self-pity knocking at your door? Week 45 - Celebrating 100 Years of Oswald Chambers VERSE: “Fellow laborer in the gospel of Christ.” 1 Thessalonians 3:2 OSWALD: “I must learn that the purpose of my life belongs to God, not me. God is using me from His great personal perspective, and all He asks of me is that I trust Him...When I stop telling God what I want, He can freely work His will in me...