Quotemeal for Tuesday, May 1, 1956

"The prayers and supplications that Christ offered up were, joined with strong cries and tears, herein setting us example not only to pray, but to be fervent and importunate in prayer. How many dry prayers, how few wet ones, do we offer up to God!"

— Matthew Henry

More Quotemeal

"Be still, and in the quiet moments, listen to the voice of your heavenly Father. His words can renew your spirit. No one knows you and your needs like He does."

— Janet L. Weaver —

"Some complain because the rose has thorns; Some give thanks because the thorns have roses."

— Barbara Johnson —

"If I find in myself a desire which no experience in this world can satisfy, the most probable explanation is that I was made for another world."

— C. S. Lewis —

"Every man naturally desires knowledge; but what good is knowledge without fear of God? Indeed a humble rustic who serves God is better than a proud intellectual..."

— Thomas à Kempis —