Quotemeal: Jul. 23rd, 1959

Thursday, July 23, 1959

"Too many of us have a Christian vocabulary rather than a Christian experience. We think we are doing our duty when we're only talking about it."
— Charles F. Banning

More Quotemeal

"The fellow that has no money is poor. The fellow that has nothing but money is poorer still."
— Billy Sunday —
"If you cannot hate evil, you cannot love good."
— Struthers Burt —
"None can sing a new song who has not the new life. But many who have the new life seem to have lost the song. The first thing that goes when we begin to..."
— Evan H. Hopkins —
"To holy people the very name of Jesus is a name to feed upon, a name to transport. His name can raise the dead and transfigure and beautify the living."
— John Henry Newman —

Have thoughts on this devotional? Leave a comment

Illustration

Illustration of Charles F. Banning — "Too many of us have a Christian vocabulary rather than a Christian experience. We think we are doing our duty when we're only talking about it."

Other Devotionals from Heartlight for Thursday, July 23, 1959

What Jesus Did!
A daily guide from the gospels that challenges readers to live for Jesus.
'Who Is In Charge Here?' (Jn. 18:12-14)
"[After Jesus told Peter not to fight to protect him,] the soldiers, their commanding officer, and the Temple guards arrested Jesus and tied him up...."
Passion for Praise
A daily passage of Scripture emphasizing praise to our God.
'All Whose Hearts are Pure!' (Ps. 32:11)
"So rejoice in the Lord and be glad, all you who obey him! Shout for joy, all you whose hearts are pure!"
Spiritual Warfare
A daily devotional about God's power for our battles.
'Selfishness Hinders Prayer' (Ja. 4:3)
"You ask [God for something] and do not receive it, because you ask with wrong motives [out of selfishness or with an unrighteous agenda], so that..."
Daily Wisdom
A daily devotional featuring wise counsel found in Scripture.
Psalm 103:15-18
"As for man, his days are like grass, he flourishes like a flower of the field; the wind blows over it and it is gone, and its place remembers it no more. But....."

About This Devotional

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

More Quotemeal