My Utmost for His Highest: Updated Edition [Hardcover]

Oswald Chambers (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 1, 1992

Turn to the pages of My Utmost for His Highest to deepen your love and understanding of God. Oswald Chambers was gifted with extracting the essence of biblical principles and condensing them into potent, thought-provoking, and life-changing devotions. They don't take a lot of time to read, but they can infuse you with the timeless truths of the Bible. In this hardcover edition of My Utmost for His Highest, you get updated-language daily devotionals that have become an enduring favorite because Oswald Chambers used his spiritual gifts so wisely and generously. Compiled from lectures given at the Bible Training College in London, to nightly talks in an Egyptian YMCA during World War I, My Utmost for His Highest will lend a powerful spiritual dimension to your walk with God. ©1992 and authorized by the Oswald Chambers Publications Association, Ltd.

Editorial Reviews

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Oswald Chambers, a Scotsman who converted to Christianity in his teens under the ministry of Charles Spurgeon, has been affecting Christians with his devotional words since My Utmost for His Highest was first published in 1935. This acknowledged classic contains 365 daily readings that take heady doctrine and make it practical, realistic, and intensely personal. With humor and humility, Chambers speaks plainly to the common man struggling with devotion to Christ in daily living. Worldly cares and self-serving desires begin to lose their appeal as Chambers aides the reader in transforming his mind by viewing life through the instruction of God's Word. Richard Halverson, former chaplain of the United States Senate, attests to this: "no book except the Bible has influenced my walk with Christ at such deep maturing levels." This is Chambers's chief desire, directing the reader to "shut out every other consideration and keep yourself before God for this one thing only--My Utmost for His Highest... determined to be absolutely and entirely for Him and for Him alone." --Jill Heatherly --This text refers to an alternate Hardcover edition.

Book Description

Men and women the world over return again and again to the words of Oswald Chambers in the most popular devotional book ever published. --This text refers to an alternate Hardcover edition.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 400 pages
• Publisher: Discovery House Publishers; Updated edition (June 1, 1992)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0929239571
• ISBN-13: 978-0929239576
• Product Dimensions: 4.8 x 1.1 x 7.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 15.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (236 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,805 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #5 in Books > Religion & Spirituality > Spirituality > Meditations
  • #10 in Books > Christian Books & Bibles > Worship & Devotion > Meditations
  • #16 in Books > Christian Books & Bibles > Worship & Devotion > Devotionals

More About the Author

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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71 of 73 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Roadmap to a walk with Christ! December 15, 1999

By "nodes"

Format:Hardcover

This compilation of Oswald Chamber essays and sermons was originally captured by his wife after his death. The format of a daily devotional provides an excellent daily read for the avid and growing Christian.

The individual devotionals are not easily devoured in one reading, generally requiring a second or third reading to fully grasp the depth of Oswald Chambers' deeply Christian messages based on Biblical scriptures. This is not light reading, but in the small fifteen minute devotional increments daily, this makes for excellent reading and provides specific daily focus for the Christian reader. This thought-provoking book can easily become a favorite habit, and it also makes an excellent evangelical gift to those who are new to Christianity.

If you buy only one Christian book this year, buying Oswald Chambers' 'My Utmost for His Highest' would be an excellent choice.

95 of 103 people found the following review helpful

3.0 out of 5 stars Awesome devotional, not so awesome edition. January 9, 2007

By Jonathan R. Wing

Format:Leather Bound

I would give this item five stars if it was the original edition, which I thought it was. However, when I got it in the mail, I noticed it said "updated in today's modern language." I think what makes Oswald's writings so powerful is also the way he writes, with a sense of mystery and flavor. I compared it side-by-side with an older edition I have and found that this edition was dull in constrast. It lacks the life and spirit of the original.

Don't read a dumbed-down "easy" Oswald Chambers. Even if you find his original writings a bit difficult at first, keep on reading and you'll begin to piece things together in a way that is ultimately epiphanic.

59 of 64 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars profound insights and guidance October 4, 2004

By Alejandra Vernon HALL OF FAMETOP 500 REVIEWERVINE™ VOICE

Format:Hardcover

I find there is no better way to start the day than with the wisdom in this magnificent devotional; these profound thoughts were given by Oswald Chambers while at the Bible Training College in England, during the years of 1911 through 1914, and after his death in 1917 (while serving in Egypt during World War I) were edited by his wife, and later updated into modern English by James Reimann, who says in his introduction that the book is the "culmination of approximately 1800 hours of research and editing", and the end result are words that flow and feed and sometimes pierce the soul with remarkable accuracy, to remind one of the way Jesus intended us to live. This book, in conjunction with the Bible (Reimann recommends one to read this with one hand and the Bible in the other) are guideposts for a meaningful life.

Not a "God loves you and all is well" type of book, there are many passages of tough love, that keep one on the right track, and I often have the experience of it answering a question that is on my mind. Each day under the header, is a relevant Bible quote, and underneath Chambers' teaching on the subject, in the 250 word range in length. There are various editions to chose from, and mine is a small leather-bound volume using the NKJV for its Bible quotes, with a foreword by Charles Stanley, who as Reimann's pastor, was the one who recommended the original Chambers work to him.
The back of the book has two useful sections, a Subject Index, and a Scripture Index.
As the end of the year approaches, I'm looking forward to reading this on a daily basis for the second time, and every year thereafter; its teachings are invaluable, and I believe this is a truly inspired work, that will guide and nurture all who read its truth.