Quotemeal: Sep. 4th, 2008

Thursday, September 4, 2008

Verse of the Day: The Stream Continues

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"Train up a fig tree in the way it should go, and when you are old sit under the shade of it."
— Charles Dickens

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"I was not born to be free. I was born to adore and to obey."
— C. S. Lewis —
"The life of faith is continually renewed victory over doubt, a continually renewed grasp of meaning in the midst of meaninglessness."
— L. Newbigin —
"Christianity can never come to us as a bargain; it can never be had at wholesale price. We must be willing to pay the full price of surrender and trust."
— William L. Krutza —
"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..."
— Jeremiah Burroughs —

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Illustration of Charles Dickens — "Train up a fig tree in the way it should go, and when you are old sit under the shade of it."

Other Devotionals from Heartlight for Thursday, September 4, 2008

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'Contentment' (1 Co. 7:25-35)
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