"Satan promises the best, but pays with the worst; he promises honor, and pays with disgrace; he promises pleasure, and pays with pain; he promises profit, and pays with loss, he promises life, and pays with death. But God pays as he promises; all his payments are made in pure gold."
— Thomas Brooks
More Quotemeal
"The more we meditate on the cross, the deeper our companionship and knowledge gets of Christ the Lord."
"We must not be unjust and require from ourselves what is not in ourselves. Do not desire not to be what you are, but desire to be very well what you are."
"By means of art we are sometimes sent - dimly, briefly - revelations unattainable by reason. Like that little mirror in the fairy tales - look into it, and you...."
"That night [after the Spirit prevented the mission team from preaching in the province of Asia,] Paul had a vision: A man from Macedonia in northern...."
"Dear Beloved,
Your world is filled with many influences that vie for the control of your heart and the practice of your faith. In the multi-cultural...."
"For God speaks again and again, though people do not recognize it. He speaks in dreams, in visions of the night, when deep sleep falls on people as..."
Bible: Browse OT/NT Books
Comments
Have thoughts on this devotional? Leave a comment