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Oswald Chambers Quotes: We look upon prayer as a means of getting things for ourselves The Bible idea of prayer is that we may get to know God Himself.
         

We look upon prayer as a means of getting things for ourselves The Bible idea of prayer is that we may get to know God Himself.


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We look upon prayer as a means of getting things for ourselves The Bible idea of prayer is that we may get to know God Himself.
         



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We have to pray with our eyes on God, not on the difficulties.

We have to pray with our eyes on God, not on the difficulties.



The remarkable thing about God is that when you fear God, you fear nothing else, whereas if you do not fear God, you fear everything else.

The remarkable thing about God is that when you fear God, you fear nothing else, whereas if you do not fear God, you fear everything else.



The great thing about faith in God is that it keeps a man undisturbed in the midst of disturbance.

The great thing about faith in God is that it keeps a man undisturbed in the midst of disturbance.



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.

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.



The greatest test of a man's character is his tongue.

The greatest test of a man's character is his tongue.



We pray when there's nothing else we can do; Jesus wants us to pray before we do anything at all.

We pray when there's nothing else we can do; Jesus wants us to pray before we do anything at all.



All our fret and worry is caused by calculating without God.

All our fret and worry is caused by calculating without God.



Faith is deliberate confidence in the character of God whose ways you cannot understand at the time.

Faith is deliberate confidence in the character of God whose ways you cannot understand at the time.



When a man is at his wits' end it is not a cowardly thing to pray, it is the only way he can get in touch with Reality.

When a man is at his wits' end it is not a cowardly thing to pray, it is the only way he can get in touch with Reality.



Holiness, not happiness, is the chief end of man.

Holiness, not happiness, is the chief end of man.





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