Quotemeal: Oct. 8th, 1959

Thursday, October 8, 1959

"Let us weigh the gain and the loss, in wagering that God is. Consider these alternatives: if you win, you win all, if you lose you lose nothing. Do not hesitate, then, to wager that he is."
— Blaise Pascal

More Quotemeal

"Christianity, if false, is of no importance, and if true, of infinite importance. The only thing it cannot be is moderately important."
— C. S. Lewis —
"Human beings need not despair and go on an eternal search for the Eternal, for the Eternal has come to the temporal."
— Steve Kumar —
"O Lord, forgive what I have been, sanctify what I am, and order what I shall be."
"We must allow the Word of God to confront us, to disturb our security, to undermine our complacency and to overthrow our patterns of thought and behavior."
— John Stott —

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Illustration of Blaise Pascal — "Let us weigh the gain and the loss, in wagering that God is. Consider these alternatives: if you win, you win all, if you lose you lose nothing. Do not hesitate, then, to wager that he is."

Other Devotionals from Heartlight for Thursday, October 8, 1959

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"Let us hold unswervingly to the hope we profess, for he who promised is faithful."

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