Quotemeal: May. 1st, 2008

Thursday, May 1, 2008

"The prayers and supplications that Christ offered up were, joined with strong cries and tears, herein setting us example not only to pray, but to be fervent and importunate in prayer. How many dry prayers, how few wet ones, do we offer up to God!"
— Matthew Henry

More Quotemeal

"Make two homes for yourself my daughter. One actual home and another spiritual home, which you carry with you always."
"We exist to spread a passion for the supremacy of God in all things for the joy of all peoples."
John Piper
"An idol of the mind is as offensive to God as an idol of the hand."
A. W. Tozer
"Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all the others."
Cicero

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Illustration of Matthew Henry — "The prayers and supplications that Christ offered up were, joined with strong cries and tears, herein setting us example not only to pray, but to be fervent and importunate in prayer.  How many dry prayers, how few wet ones, do we offer up to God!"

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