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My Utmost for His Highest Paperback – March 1, 2006

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For nearly seventy-five years, countless millions of Christians the world over have trusted the spiritual companionship of Oswald Chambers’s daily devotional, My Utmost for His Highest. These brief scripture-based readings—by turns comforting and challenging—will draw you into God’s presence and form you as a disciple of the Risen Lord. You’ll treasure their insight, still fresh and vital. And you’ll discover what it means to offer God your very best for His greatest purpose—to truly offer Him your utmost for His highest. This edition includes Chambers’s text, updated by editor James Reimann, along with helpful subject and scripture indexes.

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Oswald Chambers (1874–1917) is best known for the classic devotional My Utmost for His Highest. Born in Scotland, Chambers had a teaching and preaching ministry that took him as far as the United States and Japan. He died at age forty-three while serving as chaplain to British Commonwealth troops in Egypt during World War I.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ 1586608290
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Discovery House Publishers; Updated edition (March 1, 2006)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 400 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 9781586608293
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1586608293
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 8.8 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 4 x 0.75 x 6.5 inches
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Oswald Chambers was converted in his teen years by the ministry of Charles Spurgeon. Chambers studied art and archaeology before answering the call to Christian ministry. Author of the bestseller My Utmost for His Highest, Chambers has more than thirty other titles to his credit, all but one compiled by his wife, Gertrude.

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Customers find the devotional content meaningful and easy to read. They describe the book as a great gift version that feels soft to the touch and lovely to hold. The leather binding is appreciated for its quality feel and durability. However, opinions differ on the print size - some find it great and takes up little space, while others say it's much smaller than expected.

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Customers find the devotional content meaningful and thought-provoking. They say it's a great daily devotion that starts their day well. Readers mention the book is a good study for busy people who only have time for a short devotion. They also mention ministry is very important in life and Oswald speaks on a spiritual level that is so deep spiritually that you have to really think about it.

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"...to all readers and not overly academic, the daily scripture verses are cross-referenced with other embedded verses and important Christian concepts,..." Read more

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Customers find the book easy to read and understand. They say it's a great devotional or inspirational book with relatable words and verses. The writing is simple yet profound, providing depth and contemplation. Readers describe it as an excellent companion to the Bible.

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"...The type is a little larger in this edition and some of the Bible translations are a bit different here and there. Otherwise, they are identical...." Read more

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  • Reviewed in the United States on December 14, 2024
    I love My Utmost for His Highest. Having room to write in it is a plus : )
  • Reviewed in the United States on October 25, 2024
    Love this devotional book. You can take it, look up the scriptures and go deeper in your understanding of Gods word. It has lots of depth in God‘s word. . It’s my favorite. I start my Bible time a lot of times with this devotion.
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  • Reviewed in the United States on August 4, 2011
    Oswald Chambers, where have you been all my life?

    I bought this book with fear and trepidation because I would usually be nervous about a book titled "My Utmost for His Highest." It sounds like a Christianity based on pulling oneself up by ones bootstraps. But I bought it anyway because I found some really great quotes in it. And I found it to be immensely helpful. Living the Christian life isn't necessarily easy, and Oswald Chambers makes it painfully obvious and says we have to rely on God. My friend Ree said "Let the beatings begin" when I bought it... but it was encouraging. And a bucket of cold water in the face when I've needed it. It's been really good and really helpful, because though God loves us unconditionally, it's easy to forget that and think that we have to do Christianity all by ourselves. Oswald Chambers knows that's not true, and he reminds me of it every time I crack his book.

    It's actually a devotional written by his wife, who wrote down all of his sermons in shorthand while he was preaching them and then put sections of those sermons into devotionals. And he's one of my favorite kinds of preacher. When he writes something, I can either confirm it in scripture or in my own experience. And that's awesome.

    Like this quote from yesterday's devotional: "We are not taken up into conscious agreement with God's purpos, we are taken up into God's purpose without any consciousness at all. We have no conception of what God is aiming at, and as we go on it gets more and more vague." When I read it I laughed because even though it disagreed with what had made sense to me, I knew it in my heart to be true. And that's typical Chambers. He says stuff that sounds wrong, but you know it in your heart to be right. Well, most of the time. But that's anything. As Rob Bell says in Velvet Elvis: Repainting the Christian Faith, "God has spoken, and the rest is just commentary."
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  • Reviewed in the United States on May 26, 2024
    This is my favorite devotional. Spending time with this devotional has change my life.!!
  • Reviewed in the United States on October 19, 2005
    "My Utmost for His Highest", a book of devotional readings for each day of the year, is a perennial Christian classic with three recurring themes encompassing a triune God: Abandoning all to God, our Father and Creator; looking always to Jesus, our Saviour and brother, and becoming broken bread and poured out wine to nourish others through the work of the Holy Spirit.

    Although accessible to all readers and not overly academic, the daily scripture verses are cross-referenced with other embedded verses and important Christian concepts, revealing the comprehensive depth of Chambers' biblical knowledge.

    Throughout this collection, Chambers addresses one of the most challenging perplexities of a Christian journey: What will be God's part, given as grace, and what will be our part, as earnest striving, in living out our faith. The July 7th entry in particular addresses this balance.

    There is material for fruitful meditation and discursive prayer on each page; one of my favorite pages is the entry for May 19th, "Who shall separate us from the love of Christ?"

    A favorite quote from the book for me would be the conclusion of March 18th:"Be serious with God and leave the rest gaily alone. Put God first literally." In my life as a Lay Carmelite I have found that advice works well: There is freedom and joy in taking all of life lightly, except for the one thing necessary-- an ever increasing love for God that fuels a deep desire to be constantly in His presence.
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  • Reviewed in the United States on December 30, 2023
    Definitely a must read each and every year. Oswald was a man of great wisdom embodied by his unwavering Faith in Jesus Christ our Lord and Savior. Make this one of your yearly must have reads and grow closer to our Savior each and everyday.
  • Reviewed in the United States on May 31, 2024
    A nice size, great for my purpose (gifts)
  • Reviewed in the United States on December 21, 2002
    I have the hardcovered 1994 version. This is the second year I am reading it. Last year on the Sept.11 tradegy it spoke deeply to my soul as well as on the 12th. I guess that's why when I was in the book store 2yrs ago in the spiritual section and asked God to guide my hand to the book he wanted me to get he made this one of the two books. It has the date ex:( July 20) on top of each page with a quote from the bible. Then you have a couple of paragraphs that are deep and meaningful that teach you. Below that is 2 lines of a prayer request from the author. This book has been around since 1935. It's worth buying.
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  • kaybee
    5.0 out of 5 stars Problem with updated Kindle version
    Reviewed in Canada on April 1, 2023
    This amazing book has been in my life for a few decades, and has been more of a blessing than any other devotional. I have two copies of the original version, both in quite a sad state of repair, so I decided to purchase the Kindle book in the updated version.

    Beware!! of the Kindle version of the updated one. Every word that has a double ll - ie ball - is missing the second l. So we have bal, sel, bel, wil, cal etc. It's a great shame and unfortunately I’m not sure how to report this to Amazon. If anyone reading this does know how to get Amazon to rectify it, that would be great. In the meantime, no doubt my brain will eventually adjust to the errors!
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    5.0 out of 5 stars Problem with updated Kindle version
    Reviewed in Canada on April 1, 2023
    This amazing book has been in my life for a few decades, and has been more of a blessing than any other devotional. I have two copies of the original version, both in quite a sad state of repair, so I decided to purchase the Kindle book in the updated version.

    Beware!! of the Kindle version of the updated one. Every word that has a double ll - ie ball - is missing the second l. So we have bal, sel, bel, wil, cal etc. It's a great shame and unfortunately I’m not sure how to report this to Amazon. If anyone reading this does know how to get Amazon to rectify it, that would be great. In the meantime, no doubt my brain will eventually adjust to the errors!
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    5.0 out of 5 stars 良い取り引きでした
    Reviewed in Japan on December 21, 2020
    本は、とても良い状態で届き良かったです。
  • Maddox
    5.0 out of 5 stars Great devotional!
    Reviewed in Germany on September 1, 2016
    I'm reading it for the second time and it is still challenging and very giving. It is biblical and not dogmatic at all. The passages are perfect for a days kick-off (eventhough I would encourage to read your bible daily along side to it ;). Throughout the last one and a half year I was allowed to learn more about my relationship to Jesus and grow in it thanks to this book! I would absolutely recommend it.
  • Bunny
    5.0 out of 5 stars uplifting and challenging
    Reviewed in France on February 25, 2015
    No doubt that the daily Scriptures and their commentaries are both a challenge and an encouragement. There is much more in the Scriptures that we usually see or think, and I would recommend the book to everyone whose desire is to be transformed in Chirst`s image and who wants to go deeper in his relationship with God.
  • Amazon Customer
    5.0 out of 5 stars If you only have one book of daily readings this will be the one to get.
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 6, 2013
    What can I usefully say about this marvellous collection of daily readings. Oswald Chambers has the ability to challenge, encourage and cause us to think more deeply about the important things in life, like what Jesus and the writers of the Gospels intended that we should know. It challenges misconceptions, makes us uncomfortable when we need to be and basically says it like it is. I am grateful to him and especially to God for the gift of him.
    He is as important to our understanding as C S Lewis, St Paul and the Gospel writers to mention a tiny few. It's a book too good to keep to oneself so I bought one each for my daughters who have found it as helpful as we have. Just love it. I have just started reading it again, it always comes as fresh as when Im first had my copy which was a gift.