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Daily Devotionals By Oswald Chambers

The Discipline of Spiritual Perseverance
Be still, and know that I am God . . . —Psalm 46:10Perseverance is more than endurance. It is endurance combined with absolute assurance and certainty that what we are looking for is going to happen. Perseverance means more than just hanging on, which may be only exposing our fear of letting go and falling. Perseverance is our supreme effort of refusing…
Do You Really Love Him?
She has done a good work for Me —Mark 14:6If what we call love doesn’t take us beyond ourselves, it is not really love. If we have the idea that love is characterized as cautious, wise, sensible, shrewd, and never taken to extremes, we have missed the true meaning. This may describe affection and it may bring us a…
Taking the Initiative Against Daydreaming
Arise, let us go from here —John 14:31Daydreaming about something in order to do it properly is right, but daydreaming about it when we should be doing it is wrong. In this passage, after having said these wonderful things to His disciples, we might have expected our Lord to tell them to go away and meditate over…
Taking the Initiative Against Drudgery
Arise, shine . . . —Isaiah 60:1When it comes to taking the initiative against drudgery, we have to take the first step as though there were no God. There is no point in waiting for God to help us— He will not. But once we arise, immediately we find He is there. Whenever God gives us…

My Utmost For His Highest by Oswald Chambers