Quotemeal for Thursday, December 8, 1960

"The Bible talks plentifully about joy, but it nowhere talks about a "happy Christian." Happiness depends on what happens; joy does not. Remember, Jesus Christ had joy, and He prays "that they might have my joy fulfilled in themselves.""

— Oswald Chambers

More Quotemeal

"Jesus promised his disciples three things - that they would be completely fearless, absurdly happy and in constant trouble."

— G. K. Chesterton —

"Dignity does not consist in possessing honors, but in deserving them."

— Aristotle —

"We must always speak of the efficacy of the ministry in such a manner that the entire praise of the work may be reserved for God alone."

— John Calvin —

"The people of God are not merely to mark time, waiting for God to step in and set right all that is wrong. Rather, they are to model the new heaven and new..."

— Philip Yancey —