Quotemeal for 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

More Quotemeal

"The Church is an organism that grows best in an alien society."

— C. Stacey Woods —

"The only saving faith is that which casts itself on God for life or death."

— Martin Luther —

"The trouble with nearly everybody who prays is that he says "Amen" and runs away before God has a chance to reply. Listening to God is far more important than....."

— Frank Laubach —

"Any concern too small to be a prayer is too small to be a burden."

— Corrie ten Boom —