Quotemeal: Jul. 9th, 1958

Wednesday, July 9, 1958

"The long dull monotonous years of middle-aged prosperity or middle-aged adversity are excellent campaigning weather for the Devil."
— C. S. Lewis

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"When God turns away from us because of selfishness, it is not rejection. Rather, it is an invitation to follow Him to a place we would rather not go."
— Brennan Manning —
"Self is the opaque veil that hides the face of God from us. It can be removed only in spiritual experience, never by mere instruction."
— A. W. Tozer —
"Live in the world as if only God and your soul were in it; then your heart will never be made captive by any earthly thing."
— John of the Cross —
"We never become truly spiritual by sitting down and wishing to become so. You must undertake something so great that you cannot accomplish it unaided."
— Phillips Brooks —

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Illustration of C. S. Lewis — "The long dull monotonous years of middle-aged prosperity or middle-aged adversity are excellent campaigning weather for the Devil."

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