Quotemeal for Monday, May 25, 2009

"I may no longer depend on pleasant impulses to bring me before the Lord. I must rather respond to principles I know to be right, whether I feel them to be enjoyable or not."

— Jim Elliot

More Quotemeal

"Sometimes God doesn't tell us His plan because we wouldn't believe it anyway."

— Carlton Pearson —

"The virtuous soul that is alone and without a master is like a lone burning coal; it will grow colder rather than hotter."

— John of the Cross —

"The Christian's hope for the future must have a sanctifying influence upon the present."

— D. Edmond Hiebert —

"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 —