Quotemeal: Jan. 25th, 1960

Monday, January 25, 1960

"I want deliberately to encourage this mighty longing after God. The lack of it has brought us to our present low estate. The stiff and wooden quality about our religious lives is a result of our lack of holy desire."
— A. W. Tozer

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"My liberty as a Christian should always be supremely shackled by the love I am commanded to have towards another."
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C. S. Lewis
"Gratitude is the most fruitful way of deepening your consciousness that you are not an "accident," but a divine choice."
Henri Nouwen

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Illustration of A. W. Tozer — "I want deliberately to encourage this mighty longing after God.  The lack of it has brought us to our present low estate.  The stiff and wooden quality about our religious lives is a result of our lack of holy desire."

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