The test of mountain-top experiences, of mysticism, of visions of God and of solitariness is when you are -œin the soup- of actual circumstances.
– Oswald Chambers
Related Quotes:
- One day I asked God to move the mountain ahead of me, but he said no because he wanted me to experience the joy of being on a mountain top. – Gift Gugu Mona
- Be thankful for every mountain, because it’s the mountain top that will give you best view of the world. – Gugu Mona
- There ain’t no point in making soup unless others eat it. Soup needs another mouth to taste it, another heart to be warmed by it. – Kate DiCamillo
- Yeah. I’m the fly in the soup. I don’t like it any better than you do. Flies don’t like being swamped in soup, especially when it’s hot. – Rex Stout
- With fire we test gold, and with gold we test women, and with women we test men. – Eyden I
- Never be afraid when God brings back your past. Let your memory have its way with you. It is a minister of God bringing its rebuke and sorrow to you. – Oswald Chambers
- The Bible attitude is not that God sends sickness or that sickness is of the devil, but that sickness is a fact usable by both God and the devil. – Oswald Chambers
- Faith looks to God, hopes in God, and believes in His promises, regardless of our actual circumstances. – Wendy Blight
- There is no joy in the soul that has forgotten what God prizes. – Oswald Chambers
- It is a solemn thing, and no small scandal in the Kingdom, to see God’s children starving while actually seated at the Father’s table. – Oswald Chambers
- The purpose of prayer is that we get ahold of God, not of the answer. – Oswald Chambers
- We look upon prayer simply as a means of getting things for ourselves, but the biblical purpose of prayer is that we may get to know God Himself. – Oswald Chambers
- When you are in the dark, listen, and God will give you a very precious message for someone else once you are back in the light. – Oswald Chambers
- The proof that our relationship is right with God is that we do our best whether we feel inspired or not. – Oswald Chambers
- Never ask another person’s advice about anything God makes you decide before Him. – Oswald Chambers
- We become side-tracked if we make physical health our aim and imagine that because we are children of God we shall always be perfectly well. – Oswald Chambers
- God’s friendship is with people who know their poverty. – Oswald Chambers
- We can only be used by God after we allow Him to show us the deep, hidden areas of our own character. – Oswald Chambers
- I have never met the man I could despair of after discerning what lies in me apart from the grace of God. – Oswald Chambers
- The Ego is a veil between humans and God’.--œIn prayer all are equal. – Jalaluddin Rumi
- Live the actual moment. Only this actual moment is life. – Thich Nhat Hanh
- My dreams are crowded with people, as though to compensate for the solitariness of my waking hours. – Anna Lyndsey
- Religion is what an individual does with his solitariness. – Alfred North Whitehead
- Most Christians speak to God about their mountain instead of speaking to their mountain about God! – Andrew Wommack
- Your sight takes you where there is light… But your visions can take you through the dark places! Maintain your sight, but add your visions! – Israelmore Ayivor
- For the makers, the paintings and engravings were visions, not representations of visions. – James David LewisWilliams
- A lot of visions remain visions and never come to realization – Sunday Adelaja
- Tolerating a wrong attitude toward another person causes you to follow the spirit of the devil, no matter how saintly you are. – Oswald Chambers
- Jesus doesn’t bring anything up from the wells of human nature–He brings them down from above. – Oswald Chambers
- Never look for justice in this world, never cease to give it. – Oswald Chambers
- He comes where He commands us to leave. – Oswald Chambers
- You may often have to watch Jesus Christ wreck a life before He saves it. – Oswald Chambers
- Paul was devoted to a Person, not a cause. – Oswald Chambers
- Narrow all your interests until your mind, heart, and body are focused on Jesus Christ. – Oswald Chambers
- …let the past sleep, but let it sleep in the sweet embrace of Christ, and let us go on into the invincible future with Him. – Oswald Chambers
- …let the past sleep, but let it sleep in the sweet embrace of Christ, and let us go on into the invincible future with Him. – Oswald Chambers
- Discouragement is disillusioned self-love, and self-love may be love for my devotion to Jesus-” not love for Jesus Himself. – Oswald Chambers
- The grace you had yesterday will not be sufficient for today. – Oswald Chambers
- One of the penalties of sin is our acceptance of it. – Oswald Chambers
- He is not concerned about making you blessed and happy right now, but He’s continually working out His ultimate perfection for you… – Oswald Chambers