Quotemeal: Jul. 22nd, 2009

Wednesday, July 22, 2009

"God is not interested in our spiritual life. He's interested in our life."
— John Ortberg

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"The very best and highest attainment in this life is to remain still and let God act and speak in you."
— Meister Eckhart —
"A Church which abandons the truth abandons itself."
— Hans Kung —
"The purpose of religion — at any rate, the Christian religion — is not to get you into heaven, but to get heaven into you."
— Frederick Ward Kates —
"The tragedy of life and of the world is not that men do not know God; the tragedy is that, knowing Him, they still insist on going their own way."
— William Barclay —

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Illustration of John Ortberg — "God is not interested in our spiritual life. He's interested in our life."

Other Devotionals from Heartlight for Wednesday, July 22, 2009

Praying with Paul
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'A God of Comfort' (2 Co. 1:3-11)
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Daily Wisdom
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Proverbs 16:19
"Better to be lowly in spirit and among the oppressed than to share plunder with the proud."
Passion for Praise
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'He Ransoms Me' (Ps. 55:16-18)
"But I will call on God, and the Lord will rescue me. Morning, noon, and night I cry out in my distress, and the Lord hears my voice. He ransoms me and..."

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