Quotemeal: Aug. 17th, 2009

Monday, August 17, 2009

"Our misery is that we thirst so little for these sublime things, and so much for the mocking trifles of time and space."
— Charles H. Spurgeon

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"A ship in harbor is safe, but that is not what ships are built for."
— William Shedd —
"Those who pursue the way of faith and absolute abandonment have neither relish nor liberty for any other path; all else constrains and embarrasses them."
— Madame Guyon —
"Live in the world as if only God and your soul were in it; then your heart will never be made captive by any earthly thing."
— John of the Cross —
"God does not waste suffering; if he ploughs it is because He purposes a crop."
— J.O.Sanders —

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Illustration of Charles H. Spurgeon — "Our misery is that we thirst so little for these sublime things, and so much for the mocking trifles of time and space."

Other Devotionals from Heartlight for Monday, August 17, 2009

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'All Things Are Ours' (1 Co. 3:16-20)
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Morning & Evening
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Evening Thought: John 3:13
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What Jesus Did!
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'What Must Jesus Do?' (Jn. 4:48)
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