Quotemeal: Mar. 30th, 2008

Sunday, March 30, 2008

"If we seek God for our own good and profit, we are not seeking God."
— Johannes Eckhart

More Quotemeal

"Intercessory prayer might be defined as loving our neighbor on our knees."
"We pursue God because, and only because, He has first put an urge within us that spurs us to the pursuit."
A. W. Tozer
"Faith is a living, daring confidence in God's grace. It is so sure and certain that a man could stake his life on it a thousand times."
"Faith enables persons to be persons because it lets God be God."

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Illustration of Johannes Eckhart — "If we seek God for our own good and profit, we are not seeking God."

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