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

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"Decisions which are made in the light of God's |Word are stable and show wisdom."
— Vonette Z. Bright —
"Unwillingness to accept God's "way of escape" from temptation frightens me - what a rebel yet resides within."
— Jim Elliot —
"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."
— François de Sales —
"God takes us into deep waters, not to drown us but to cleanse us."
— Author Unknown —

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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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