Quotemeal: Jan. 8th, 1956

Sunday, January 8, 1956

"You were planned for God's pleasure. ... God did not NEED to create you, but he CHOSE to create you for ... his benefit, his glory, his purpose, and his delight."
— Rick Warren

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"The truly generous is the truly wise, and he who loves not others, lives unblest."
— Henry Home —
"The good neighbor looks beyond the external accidents and discerns those inner qualities that make all men human and, therefore, brothers."
— Martin Luther King, Jr. —
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— William Barclay —

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Illustration of Rick Warren — "You were planned for God's pleasure. ... God did not NEED to create you, but he CHOSE to create you for ... his benefit, his glory, his purpose, and his delight."

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Evening Thought: Job 19:26
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What Jesus Did!
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'Jesus Is God Come Near' (Jn. 1:14)
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