Quotemeal: Jul. 23rd, 1955

Saturday, July 23, 1955

"Too many of us have a Christian vocabulary rather than a Christian experience. We think we are doing our duty when we're only talking about it."
— Charles F. Banning

More Quotemeal

"Your input will determine your output, so guard what you put in and you won't be put out."
"We should dedicate ourselves to becoming in this life the most perfect worshippers of God we can possibly be, as we hope to be through all eternity."
"Next to the wicked lives of men, nothing is so great a disparagement and weakening to religion as the divisions of Christians."
"Christians ought not to be smothered in fear. There is a spiritual readiness, where we return to having the peace of God stand guard over our hearts and minds....."

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Illustration of Charles F. Banning — "Too many of us have a Christian vocabulary rather than a Christian experience. We think we are doing our duty when we're only talking about it."

Other Devotionals from Heartlight for Saturday, July 23, 1955

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"Return to the Lord your God, for he is merciful and compassionate, slow to get angry and filled with unfailing love."
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"On the Lord's Day I [John] was in the Spirit, and I heard behind me a loud voice like a trumpet, which said: ..."
A one-year devotional guide through the book of Acts.
"The next day [after arriving in Jerusalem,] Paul went with us to meet with James, and all the elders of the Jerusalem church were present. After..."
A daily devotional featuring a Bible verse, thought and prayer.
"O God, you are my God, earnestly I seek you; my soul thirsts for you, my body longs for you, in a dry and weary land where there is no water."

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