''My Utmost for His Highest'' is a daily Christian devotional by

Oswald Chambers Oswald Chambers (24 July 187415 November 1917) was an early-twentieth-century Scottish Baptist evangelist and teacher who was aligned with the Holiness Movement. He is best known for the daily devotional ''My Utmost for His Highest''. Youth an ...

(1874–1917) that compiles his preaching to students and soldiers. Chambers' widow self-published the book with Alden in Oxford circa 1924 (Lukabyo, "From a Ministry for Youth to a Ministry of Youth", 2020, p. 154). The book was first published in America by Dodd, Mead, & Co., in 1935. The copyright was renewed in 1963 by the Oswald Chambers Publications Association, Ltd. The "Updated Edition in Today's Language," edited by James Reimann, has appeared in a variety of formats since 1992. It relies on the New King James Version of the Bible, and has become a series of Christian devotional journals, calendars, and children's books. The title is taken from one of Chambers's sermons, where he says "Shut out every consideration and keep yourself before God for this one thing only - My Utmost for His Highest". The book is considered to be one of the most popular religious books ever written, inspiring several people such as columnist and author

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and President

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. ''My Utmost for His Highest'' has been officially translated into over 39 languages and has never been out of print.

Synopsis and history

''My Utmost for His Highest'' is broken down into 366 sections for each day of the year, meant to be read daily for inspiration. The book was published after Oswald's death in 1917, with his wife Gertrude Hobbs compiling the passages after his death from her shorthand notes. The devotionals in the book cover a range of subjects, from what a person should pray for to reflections on the follower's daily activities.

Other editions

*''My Utmost for His Highest: Selections for the Year'' (1989) *''My Utmost for His Highest: Jesus Wants All of Me'' (1999) *''My Utmost for His Highest Journal'' (2001)

In popular culture

*In 1995 a

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by the same name of Contemporary Christian Music was released by

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and

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, which spawned two more albums and a tour. *''My Utmost for His Highest - a Worship Musical'', a musical adaptation of the devotional by Claire Cloninger that won a

1998 1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''. Events January * January 6 – The ''Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for frozen water, in soil in permanently s ...

Dove Award for Best Musical

References

External links

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