Quotemeal for Thursday, August 7, 1947

"Living for others, commitment to God's redeeming purposes, is a means of grace. We give because of our faith, and it deepens as we give. If we permit ourselves and our people to give casually, we are really teaching contempt."

— Richard S. Emrich

More Quotemeal

"Lilies that fester smell far worse than weeds."

— William Shakespeare —

"Above all the grace and gifts that Christ gives to his beloved is that of overcoming self."

— Francis of Assisi —

"From my many years experience I can unhesitatingly say that the cross bears those who bear the cross."

— Sadhu Sundar Singh —

"Those who know God the best are the richest and most powerful in prayer. Little acquaintance with God, and strangeness and coldness to Him, make prayer a rare....."

— Edward McKendree (E. M.) Bounds —