Quotemeal: Dec. 8th, 2008

Monday, December 8, 2008

"The Bible talks plentifully about joy, but it nowhere talks about a "happy Christian." Happiness depends on what happens; joy does not. Remember, Jesus Christ had joy, and He prays "that they might have my joy fulfilled in themselves.""
— Oswald Chambers

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"You can in no manner be satisfied with temporal goods, for you were not created to find your rest in them."
— Thomas à Kempis —
"There are... few stronger indications of ignorance of the power and evil of sin than the confident assertion of our ability to resist and subdue it."
— Charles Hedge —
"Forgiveness is not an occasional act; it is a permanent attitude."
— Martin Luther King, Jr. —
"God will not be absent when His people are on trial; he will stand in court as their advocate, to plead on their behalf."
— Charles H. Spurgeon —

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Illustration of Oswald Chambers — "The Bible talks plentifully about joy, but it nowhere talks about a "happy Christian." Happiness depends on what happens; joy does not. Remember, Jesus Christ had joy, and He prays "that they might have my joy fulfilled in themselves.""

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

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