Quotes about Transformation
It is the process, not the end, which is glorifying to God.
— Oswald Chambers
O Lord, explore down to the deepest springs of my spirit where Thy Spirit works, and read my deepest prayers I cannot pray in expression. Lord, touch my body, it is Thy temple, shine out in and through it, O Lord.
— Oswald Chambers
God came as a baby, giving and entrusting Himself to me. He expects my personal life to be a "Bethlehem." Am I allowing my natural life to be slowly transformed by the indwelling life of the Son of God? God's ultimate purpose is that His Son might be exhibited in me.
— Oswald Chambers
Sanctification is not something Jesus puts in me—it is Himself in me (see 1 Corinthians 1:30).
— Oswald Chambers
I cannot enter the realm of the kingdom of God unless I am born again from above by a birth totally unlike physical birth. "You must be born again" (John 3:7).
— Oswald Chambers
We look for God to exhibit Himself to His children, but God only exhibits Himself in His children.
— Oswald Chambers
We must make sure that we are living in such harmony with God that as we proclaim His truth He can create in others those things which He alone can do.
— Oswald Chambers
Holiness is the remaking of our inward and hidden desires and affections, when the Holy Spirit of God dwells in our mortal bodies.
— Oswald Chambers
When we come to the end of ourselves, not just mentally but completely, we are able to "receive the Holy Spirit." "Receive the Holy Spirit"—the idea is that of invasion. There is now only One who directs the course of your life, the Lord Jesus Christ.
— Oswald Chambers
No matter what changes God has performed in you, never rely on them. Build only on a Person, the Lord Jesus Christ, and on the Spirit He gives.
— Oswald Chambers
The burden God places squeezes the grapes and out comes the wine; most of us see the wine only.
— Oswald Chambers
April 9 HAVE YOU SEEN JESUS? "After that, He appeared in another form to two of them . . . ." Mark 16:12 Being saved and seeing Jesus are not the same thing. Many people who have never seen Jesus have received and share in God's grace. But once you have seen Him, you can never be the same. Other things will not have the appeal they did before.
— Oswald Chambers