Quotemeal: Aug. 30th, 1956

Thursday, August 30, 1956

"We take care of our possessions for our children. But of the children themselves we take no care at all. What an absurdity is this! Form the soul of thy son aright, and the rest will be added hereafter."
— John Chrysostom

More Quotemeal

"If the blind put their hand in God's they find their way more surely than those who see but have not faith or purpose."
Helen Keller
"Unwillingness to accept God's "way of escape" from temptation frightens me - what a rebel yet resides within."
Jim Elliot
"Steadfastness in believing doth not exclude all temptations from without. When we say a tree is firmly rooted, we do not say the wind never blows upon it."
John Owen
"Rich is the person who has a praying friend."

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Illustration of John Chrysostom — "We take care of our possessions for our children. But of the children themselves we take no care at all. What an absurdity is this! Form the soul of thy son aright, and the rest will be added hereafter."

Other Devotionals from Heartlight for Thursday, August 30, 1956

A daily devotional featuring wise counsel found in Scripture.
"The crucible for silver and the furnace for gold, but the Lord tests the heart."
Features the apostle Paul's writings turned into daily, powerful prayers.
"Dear Father, Help us understand that in Christ we are dead to law; we have been crucified with Christ so that we might live unto you. Let Christ live..."
The classic twice-daily devotional from Charles H. Spurgeon.
"Let us not imagine that the soul sleeps in insensibility. "Today shalt thou be with me in paradise," is the whisper of Christ to every dying saint...."
A daily devotional about the work of the Holy Spirit in our lives.
"For through the Spirit we eagerly await by faith the righteousness for which we hope."

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