Quotemeal: May. 27th, 1955

Friday, May 27, 1955

"Now the great thing is this: we are consecrated and dedicated to God in order that we may thereafter think, speak, meditate, and do, nothing except to his glory. For a sacred thing may not be applied to profane uses without marked injury to him."
— John Calvin

More Quotemeal

"If we would talk less and pray more about them, things would be better than they are in the world: at least, we should be better enabled to bear them."
John Owen
"Unwillingness to accept God's "way of escape" from temptation frightens me - what a rebel yet resides within."
Jim Elliot
"If you can't feed a hundred people, then feed just one."
"The great thing in the world is not so much where we stand, as in what direction we are moving."
Holmes

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Illustration of John Calvin — "Now the great thing is this: we are consecrated and dedicated to God in order that we may thereafter think, speak, meditate, and do, nothing except to his glory. For a sacred thing may not be applied to profane uses without marked injury to him."

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Quotemeal is a daily dose of Christian quotes to inspire and encourage.