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

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"The difference between perseverance and obstinancy is that one often comes from a strong will, and the other from a strong won't."
— Henry Ward Beecher —
"Charity is, indeed, a great thing, and a gift of God, and when it is rightly ordered likens us unto God himself, as far as that is possible; for it is charity....."
— John Chrysostom —
"Christians are supposed to not merely endure change, not even to profit by it, but to cause it."
— Henry Emerson Fosdick —
"Gratitude is the most fruitful way of deepening your consciousness that you are not an "accident," but a divine choice."
— Henri Nouwen —

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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."

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'Forgiveness and Deliverance' (Jn. 8:10-11)
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Today's Verse
A daily devotional featuring a Bible verse, thought and prayer.
Colossians 3:13
"Bear with each other and forgive whatever grievances you may have against one another. Forgive as the Lord forgave you."

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

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