Quotemeal: Aug. 16th, 1956

Thursday, August 16, 1956

"If any man should ask me what is the first, second, and third part of being a Christian, I must answer "Action!""
— Thomas Brooks

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"Nothing takes God by surprise. He knows the future and can therefore guide us through its trackless ways."
— W. T. Purkiser —
"Our old history ends with the cross; our new history begins with the resurrection."
— Watchman Nee —
"To take up the cross of Christ is no great action done once for all; it consists in the continual practice of small duties which are distasteful to us."
— John Henry Newman —
"The person rowing the boat seldom has time to rock it."
— Bill Copeland —

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Illustration of Thomas Brooks — "If any man should ask me what is the first, second, and third part of being a Christian, I must answer "Action!""

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