Quotemeal: Aug. 19th, 2006

Saturday, August 19, 2006

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"Contentment is not by addition but by subtraction: seeking to add a thing will not bring contentment. Instead, subtracting from your desires until you are satisfied only with Christ brings contentment."
— Jeremiah Burroughs

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"Why do so many people have struggles when it comes to prayer? ... Men and women were originally created to desire communion with God. But the effects of sin..."
— Gordon McDonald —
"In the total expanse of human life there is not a square inch of which the Christ, who alone is sovereign, does not declare, "That is mine!""
— Abraham Kuyper —
"A godly mind prizes honor above worldly good."
— Rembrandt —
"He came from God, all the apostles believed, in a sense in which no other came; does it not follow that he came in a way in which no other came?"
— James Denney —

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Other Devotionals from Heartlight for Saturday, August 19, 2006

Morning & Evening
The classic twice-daily devotional from Charles H. Spurgeon.
Morning Thought: Micah 5:4
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What Jesus Did!
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'Memories of Extravagance' (Jn. 12:1-3)
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Spiritual Warfare
A daily devotional about God's power for our battles.
'Visions & Whispers' (Jb. 33:14-18)
"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..."
Today's Verse
A daily devotional featuring a Bible verse, thought and prayer.
1 John 5:12
"He who has the Son has life; he who does not have the Son of God does not have life."

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Illustration of Jeremiah Burroughs — "Contentment is not by addition but by subtraction: seeking to add a thing will not bring contentment. Instead, subtracting from your desires until you are satisfied only with Christ brings contentment."

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Quotemeal is a daily dose of Christian quotes to inspire and encourage.

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