David McCasland > Quotes

“We are not called to be successful in accordance with ordinary standards, but in accordance with a corn of wheat falling into the ground and dying, becoming in that way what it never could be if it were to abide alone.”
― David McCasland, Oswald Chambers: Abandoned to God: The Life Story of the Author of My Utmost for His Highest

“Oswald’s approach to the future was simple: “Trust God and do the next thing.”
― David McCasland, Oswald Chambers: Abandoned to God: The Life Story of the Author of My Utmost for His Highest

“How the prince of this world presses and throngs with clamours, more or less noble and good, but all in order to keep us away from devoting all to Him.”
― David McCasland, Oswald Chambers: Abandoned to God: The Life Story of the Author of My Utmost for His Highest

“These garments that God provides - such as kindness, humility, and gentleness - allow us to meet hostility and criticism with patience, forgiveness, and love. They give us staying power in the storms of life. When we face adverse conditions at home, school, or work, the 'clothing' God tells us to wear protects us and enables us to make a positive difference... Dressing according to God's guidelines doesn't change the weather - it equips the wearer... Kindness is the oil that takes the friction out of life.”
― David McCasland

“It is ignorance of these subjects on the part of ministers and workers that has brought our evangelical theology to such a sorry plight.”
― David McCasland, Oswald Chambers: Abandoned to God: The Life Story of the Author of My Utmost for His Highest

“That’s the trouble,” Chambers replied. “You have allowed part of your brain to stagnate for want of use.” Within a few minutes, Oswald had scribbled out a list of more than fifty books—philosophical,”
― David McCasland, Oswald Chambers: Abandoned to God: The Life Story of the Author of My Utmost for His Highest

“the Y.M.C.A. had a deeper motive than mere social service. Its three-fold emphasis of Body, Mind, and Spirit was centered on bringing men to a personal faith in Jesus Christ.”
― David McCasland, Oswald Chambers: Abandoned to God: The Life Story of the Author of My Utmost for His Highest

“God can create roads where we see only obstacles.”
― David McCasland, Our Daily Bread: January - June, Vol. 22-A

“A life well-lived is directly related to a Bible well-read.”
― David McCasland