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1874 -1917 "Oswald Chambers was a man unbridled by the world and its desires. Some say he was one of the greatest Christian thinkers of our time. He was born on July 24, 1874 in Aberdeen Scotland, where he became a Christian during his teen years under the ministry of Charles Spurgeon." -Charles Stanley ______________ Have you received Christ as your Lord and Saviour? Find out how to do so on our page: Plan of Salvation _______________ Tell others about Jesus like Oswald Chambers did: Though we are not all called to the ministry of a Chaplain or a Christian Writer, we are all called by God to share our faith (witness) with those who are not Christians. Some Bible verses that you will find helpful for doing this, and that you may want to commit to memory are found on other pages on our web site (see: Memory Verses; 2nd Set: Salvation!, Plan of Salvation, and Statement of Faith). _________________ © 1992 Oswald Chambers Publications, Ltd. All Rights Reserved. Published by: Discovery House Publishers ____________
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Author: Oswald Chambers Updated Edition "With the exception of the Bible, no book has had as profound an effect on my life as My Utmost for His Highest. My wife introduced it to me before we were married, and it has been a part of my daily diet from the first reading." -Charles Stanley ...President George W. Bush reads My Utmost for His Highest daily. A recent article in Newsweek Magazine, stated that President George W. Bush reads My Utmost for His Highest daily. Copies are generally found in every Christian bookstore, and are even available in most secular bookstores. Much of the material in "Utmost" was written while Chambers was serving as a Chaplain with Allied troops in Egypt (where he died very suddenly at the age of 42 of a ruptured appendix). He knew what it was like to talk to men who were in the front line. His aim was always to point them to Jesus Christ. ...first published in 1923, and has remained continually in print ever since. My Utmost for His Highest was first published in 1923, and has remained continually in print ever since. Thousands of people have been blessed and challenged as they have regularly read this daily devotional. The royalty income from this classic book is used for Christian works that include a school in Rwanda, distribution of books to African countries, gifts of books to pastors in Asia, support for a children’s home in Thailand, and many more. ________________________________________ Our Comments: We have generally not cared for, nor had any interest in "devotionals" and were actually unaware that we had been using one for decades! This is The Imitation of Christ by Thomas á Kempis. We had never thought of it as being a "devotional"! It is the ________________________________________
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most printed book in the world, after the Bible. Now we have discovered Oswald Chambers' My Utmost for his Highest, and we see that we have indeed been "missing out" on something very wonderful. These are short commentaries (each only one page long, to be read one per day) that are filled with a deep knowledge of God and insight into His Word. We know Christians who have been reading this work over and over again daily for years. Read even one page of this classic work the next time you are in a bookstore, and you will see why. -The Prayer Foundation ™ ______________________________ My Utmost for His Highest is available to Supporters of The Prayer Foundation ™. For more information on how to obtain your own personal copy, and for a list of other Gifts available to our Supporters, go to our page: Gifts For Contributors! ______________________________ Related Pages: Movie Review: Oswald Chambers: Abandoned to God Book Review "Oswald Chambers" by David W. Lambert (Men of Faith Series) Book Review: "The Imitation of Christ" by Thomas á Kempis ______________________________ Copyright © 2004 S.G.P. All rights reserved.
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