Quotemeal: Jan. 27th, 2010

Wednesday, January 27, 2010

"The Christian life isn't difficult — it is impossible. If we don't know that, we will try to do things ourselves. Faith is not necessary when we think we can do it ourselves. Faith comes along when we realize that we cannot do it on our own."
— Joseph Garlingen

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"Salvation is free, ... but discipleship will cost you your life."
— Dietrich Bonhoeffer —
"Hold everything earthly with a loose hand."
— Charles H. Spurgeon —
"Some Christians haven't even attempted to think about whether or not they would die for Jesus because they haven't really been living for Him."
— DC Talk —
"Pride is tasteless, colorless and sizeless. Yet it is the hardest thing to swallow."
— August B. Black —

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Illustration of Joseph Garlingen — "The Christian life isn't difficult — it is impossible. If we don't know that, we will try to do things ourselves. Faith is not necessary when we think we can do it ourselves. Faith comes along when we realize that we cannot do it on our own."

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