Quotemeal for Thursday, May 19, 1955

"It is not that we keep His commandments first, and that then He loves; but that He loves us, and then we keep His commandments. This is that grace, which is revealed to the humble, but hidden from the proud."

— St. Augustine of Hippo

More Quotemeal

"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 —

"Easter says to us that despite everything to the contrary, his will for us will prevail, love will prevail over hate, justice over injustice and oppression,..."

— Desmond Tutu —

"We must always speak of the efficacy of the ministry in such a manner that the entire praise of the work may be reserved for God alone."

— John Calvin —

"We must allow the Word of God to confront us, to disturb our security, to undermine our complacency and to overthrow our patterns of thought and behavior."

— John Stott —