Quotemeal: Jan. 12th, 1961

Thursday, January 12, 1961

"The golden rule for understanding in spiritual matters is not intellect, but obedience."
— Oswald Chambers

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"One can give without loving, but one cannot love without giving."
— Amy Carmichael —
"If we seek God for our own good and profit, we are not seeking God."
— Johannes Eckhart —
"Nobody seriously believes the universe was made by God without being persuaded that He takes care of His works."
— John Calvin —
"It is easy to want things from the Lord and yet not want the Lord Himself, as though the gift could ever be preferable to the Giver."
— St. Augustine of Hippo —

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Illustration of Oswald Chambers — "The golden rule for understanding in spiritual matters is not intellect, but obedience."

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