Quotemeal: Aug. 14th, 1956

Tuesday, August 14, 1956

"The door of God is humility. Our fathers, through the many insults which they suffered, entered the city of God."
— John the Short

More Quotemeal

"What fools are they who, for a drop of pleasure, drink a sea of wrath."
"God has cast our confessed sins into the depths of the sea, and He's even put a "No Fishing" sign over the spot."
"To make the improving of our own character our central aim is hardly the highest kind of goodness. True goodness forgets itself and goes out to do the right..."
"We must allow the Word of God to confront us, to disturb our security, to undermine our complacency and to overthrow our patterns of thought and behavior."
John Stott

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Illustration of John the Short — "The door of God is humility. Our fathers, through the many insults which they suffered, entered the city of God."

Other Devotionals from Heartlight for Tuesday, August 14, 1956

The classic twice-daily devotional from Charles H. Spurgeon.
"In every believer's heart there is a constant struggle between the old nature and the new. The old nature is very active, and loses no opportunity of...."
A daily devotional about the work of the Holy Spirit in our lives.
"While Peter was still speaking these words, the Holy Spirit came on all who heard the message [on Cornelius and his relatives and friends]. The circumcised..."
A one-year devotional guide through the book of Acts.
""No, Lord," Peter declared [after being told in his vision to eat unclean things]. "I have never eaten anything that our Jewish laws have declared..."
A daily passage of Scripture emphasizing praise to our God.
"Then David praised the Lord in the presence of the whole assembly: "O Lord, the God of our ancestor Israel, may you be praised forever and ever!""

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