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

"Lust is the craving for salt of a man who is dying of thirst."

— Frederick Buechner —

"Knowledge of the sciences is so much smoke apart from the heavenly science of Christ."

— John Calvin —

"The Christian shoemaker does his duty not by putting little crosses on the shoes, but by making good shoes, because God is interested in good craftsmanship."

— Martin Luther —

"Christians ought not to be smothered in fear. There is a spiritual readiness, where we return to having the peace of God stand guard over our hearts and minds....."

— Henry Blackaby —