Quotemeal: Jul. 16th, 2009

Thursday, July 16, 2009

"Beware of cut-and-dried theologies that reduce the ways of God to a manageable formula that keeps life safe. God often does the unexplainable just to keep us on our toes — and also on our knees."
— Warren Wiersbe

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"Christianity is not a theory or speculation, but a life; not a philosophy of life, but a living presence."
— Samuel Taylor Coleridge —
"Our whole life is taken up with anxiety for personal security, with preparations for living, so that we really never live at all."
— Leo Tolstoy —
"Think of these things: whence you came, where you are going, and to whom you must account."
— Benjamin Franklin —
"Trials are not enemies of faith but are opportunities to prove God's faithfulness."
— Author Unknown —

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Illustration of Warren Wiersbe — "Beware of cut-and-dried theologies that reduce the ways of God to a manageable formula that keeps life safe. God often does the unexplainable just to keep us on our toes — and also on our knees."

Other Devotionals from Heartlight for Thursday, July 16, 2009

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

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