Quotemeal: Dec. 21st, 1949

Wednesday, December 21, 1949

"It is good to be children sometimes, and never better than at Christmas, when its mighty founder was a child Himself."
— Charles Dickens

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"Look around the habitable world; how few know their own good, or knowing it, pursue."
— John Dryden —
"To take up the cross of Christ is no great action done once for all; it consists in the continual practice of small duties which are distasteful to us."
— John Henry Newman —
"Why is there so much running to and fro to meetings, conventions, fellowship gatherings and yet so little time for prayer?"
— Andrew Bonar —
"Sins are like circles in the water when a stone is thrown into it; one produces another. When anger was in Cain's heart, murder was not far off."
— Philip Henry —

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Illustration of Charles Dickens — "It is good to be children sometimes, and never better than at Christmas, when its mighty founder was a child Himself."

Other Devotionals from Heartlight for Wednesday, December 21, 1949

What Jesus Did!
A daily guide from the gospels that challenges readers to live for Jesus.
'So Close and Yet So Far Away' (Mt. 27:3-10)
"When Judas, who had betrayed him, realized that Jesus had been condemned to die, he was filled with remorse. So he took the thirty pieces of silver....."
Unstoppable!
A one-year devotional guide through the book of Acts.
'Paul Declared Innocent' (Acts 26:30-31)
"Then [King Agrippa, the Roman governor Festus], Bernice, and all the others stood and left. As they went out, they talked it over and agreed, "This....."
Passion for Praise
A daily passage of Scripture emphasizing praise to our God.
'The God of All the Earth' (Is. 54:5)
"For your Creator will be your husband; the Lord of Heaven's Armies is his name! He is your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel, the God of all the earth."
Praying with Paul
Features the apostle Paul's writings turned into daily, powerful prayers.
'Reconciled through Christ' (Co. 1:15-20)
"Dear Father, We are Christ's church and he is head over us, head over his body. He is the beginning, the first-born of creation and the first-born..."

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