Quotemeal: May. 8th, 1960

Sunday, May 8, 1960

Multiplication of Ministry Recap

This week we've celebrated what God has done and shared what's next for this ministry.

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"We can love the world, or love God. If we love the world, there will be no room in our heart for the love of God. We cannot love both God, who is eternal, and the world, which is transitory."
— St. Augustine of Hippo

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"Our misery is that we thirst so little for these sublime things, and so much for the mocking trifles of time and space."
— Charles H. Spurgeon —
"God often gives in one brief moment that which he has for a long time denied."
— Thomas à Kempis —
"Wealth and riches, that is, an estate above what sufficeth our real occasions and necessities, is in no other sense a 'blessing' than as it is an opportunity..."
— John Tillotson —
"The reason that most major goals are not achieved is that we spend our time doing second things first."
— Robert J. McKain —

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Illustration

Illustration of St. Augustine of Hippo — "We can love the world, or love God. If we love the world, there will be no room in our heart for the love of God. We cannot love both God, who is eternal, and the world, which is transitory."

Other Devotionals from Heartlight for Sunday, May 8, 1960

Morning & Evening
The classic twice-daily devotional from Charles H. Spurgeon.
Morning Thought: Luke 23:33
"The hill of comfort is the hill of Calvary; the house of consolation is built with the wood of the cross; the temple of heavenly blessing is founded....."
Praying with Paul
Features the apostle Paul's writings turned into daily, powerful prayers.
'Love above Knowledge' (1 Co. 8:1-13)
"Dear Father, the one real and only God, Give me more love and humility than knowledge, for "Knowledge puffs up but love builds up." People know lots...."
Daily Wisdom
A daily devotional featuring wise counsel found in Scripture.
Proverbs 6:6
"Go to the ant, you sluggard; consider its ways and be wise!"
Unstoppable!
A one-year devotional guide through the book of Acts.
'Deeply Broken to Lead Through Hard Futures'
"[In his defense, Stephen continued to tell the story of Moses:] "So God sent back [to Egypt] the same man his people had previously rejected when they..."

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