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The purpose of prayer is that we get ahold of God, not of the answer.

The purpose of prayer is that we get ahold of God, not of the answer.
– Oswald Chambers

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  1. 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
  2. Prayer is not an exercise, it is the life of the saint. Beware of anything that stops the offering up of prayer. – Oswald Chambers
  3. 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
  4. 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
  5. The purpose of prayer is not for the disciple to give information to God. The purpose of prayer is intimacy with God. – David Platt
  6. It’s not something a kid like you should’ve gotten ahold of. – Shinjirou
  7. There is no joy in the soul that has forgotten what God prizes. – Oswald Chambers
  8. 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
  9. 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
  10. The proof that our relationship is right with God is that we do our best whether we feel inspired or not. – Oswald Chambers
  11. Never ask another person’s advice about anything God makes you decide before Him. – Oswald Chambers
  12. 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
  13. God’s friendship is with people who know their poverty. – Oswald Chambers
  14. We can only be used by God after we allow Him to show us the deep, hidden areas of our own character. – Oswald Chambers
  15. 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
  16. I have never met the man I could despair of after discerning what lies in me apart from the grace of God. – Oswald Chambers
  17. There can be no prevailing in prayer without travailing in prayer. – Oswald J Smith
  18. Tolerating a wrong attitude toward another person causes you to follow the spirit of the devil, no matter how saintly you are. – Oswald Chambers
  19. The degree of panic activity in my life is equal to the degree of my lack of personal spiritual experience. – Oswald Chambers
  20. Jesus doesn’t bring anything up from the wells of human nature–He brings them down from above. – Oswald Chambers
  21. A heartless Christian must be a terrible grief to our Lord. – Oswald Chambers
  22. Never look for justice in this world, never cease to give it. – Oswald Chambers
  23. He comes where He commands us to leave. – Oswald Chambers
  24. You may often have to watch Jesus Christ wreck a life before He saves it. – Oswald Chambers
  25. Paul was devoted to a Person, not a cause. – Oswald Chambers
  26. Narrow all your interests until your mind, heart, and body are focused on Jesus Christ. – Oswald Chambers
  27. …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
  28. …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
  29. The sympathy which is reverent with what it cannot understand is worth its weight in gold. 69 L – Oswald Chambers
  30. Discouragement is disillusioned self-love, and self-love may be love for my devotion to Jesus-” not love for Jesus Himself. – Oswald Chambers
  31. The grace you had yesterday will not be sufficient for today. – Oswald Chambers
  32. Never look for justice in this world, but never cease to give it. – Oswald Chambers
  33. One of the penalties of sin is our acceptance of it. – Oswald Chambers
  34. The best measure of a spiritual life is not its ecstasies but its obedience. – Oswald Chambers
  35. 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
  36. In prayer, God doesn’t guarantee the answer you want, but He does guarantee the answer you need. – Todd Stocker
  37. Things go wrong for a purpose. Just know the purpose, and just understand how to distinctively use the purpose for a great purpose! – Ernest Agyemang Yeboah
  38. You are God’s masterpiece; and as long as you answer to His purpose for you, with faith and in prayer, He can never fail you. – Chinonye J Chidolue
  39. Your positive thoughts are both the prayer, and the answer to your prayer. – Bryant McGill
  40. Prayer and faith are bound together. Faith is the inspiration for prayer, and prayer is the expression of that faith. – Elizabeth George

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