Quotemeal: Sep. 1st, 1959

Tuesday, September 1, 1959

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"[John the Baptist said] 'He must increase, but I must decrease.' ... No driven person could ever say what John said, because driven people have to keep gaining more and more attention, more and more power, more and more material assets. The seductions of the public life would have led to a competitive posture, but the original call to commitment from within spoke louder."
— Gordon McDonald

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"Come all crosses, welcome, welcome! so I may get my heart full of my Lord Jesus."
— Samuel Rutherford —
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— Abraham Kuyper —
"If we are going to worship in Spirit, we must develop a spirit of worship."
— Michael Catt —
"My only hope is that I shall be clothed with the righteousness of Jesus Christ."
— M. Lloyd-Jones —

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Illustration of Gordon McDonald — "[John the Baptist said] 'He must increase, but I must decrease.' ... No driven person could ever say what John said, because driven people have to keep gaining more and more attention, more and more power, more and more material assets. The seductions of the public life would have led to a competitive posture, but the original call to commitment from within spoke louder."

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