Quotemeal: Dec. 9th, 2003

Tuesday, December 9, 2003

"Real encouragement occurs when words are spoken from a heart of love to another's recognized fear."
— Larry Crabb

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"A man may study because his brain is hungry for knowledge, even Bible knowledge. But he prays because his soul is hungry for God."
— Leonard Ravenhill —
"If I was a nightingale I would sing like a nightingale; if a swan, like a swan. But since I am a rational creature my role is to praise God."
— Epictetus —
"It is a poor thing to strike our colours to God when the ship is going down under us; a poor thing to come to Him as a last resort, to offer up "our own" when....."
— C. S. Lewis —
"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 —

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Illustration of Larry Crabb — "Real encouragement occurs when words are spoken from a heart of love to another's recognized fear."

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