Quotemeal: Dec. 6th, 2009

Sunday, December 6, 2009

"To worship is to quicken the conscience by the holiness of God, to feed the mind with the truth of God, to purge the imagination by the beauty of God, to open the heart to the love of God, to devote the will to the purpose of God."
— William Temple

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"Character is what you are in the dark."
— Dwight L. Moody —
"People need to be reminded more often than they need to be instructed."
— Samuel Johnson —
"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 —
"We do not cease to be children because we are disobedient children."
— Frederick Denison Maurice —

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Illustration of William Temple — "To worship is to quicken the conscience by the holiness of God, to feed the mind with the truth of God, to purge the imagination by the beauty of God, to open the heart to the love of God, to devote the will to the purpose of God."

Other Devotionals from Heartlight for Sunday, December 6, 2009

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Passion for Praise
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A Year with Jesus
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'Don't Let These Truths Elude You!'
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