Quotemeal: Aug. 24th, 1956

Friday, August 24, 1956

"He prayed for his enemies, and you do not even pray for your friends."
— Johann Arndt

More Quotemeal

"We cannot bear sin - when it is near us, we feel like a wretch chained to a rotting carcass; we groan to be free of the hateful thing."
"God never intended His Church to be a refrigerator in which to preserve perishable piety. He intended it to be an incubator in which to hatch our converts."
F. Lincicome
"Christ came, not so much to preach the Gospel, as that there might be a Gospel to preach."
R. W. Dale
"Love consents to all and commands only those who consent. Love is abdication. God is abdication."
Simone Weil

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Illustration of Johann Arndt — "He prayed for his enemies, and you do not even pray for your friends."

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