Quotemeal for Friday, April 2, 2010

"When our lives are focused on God, awe and wonder lead us to worship God, filling our inner being with a fullness we would never have thought possible. Awe prepares the way in us for the power of God to transform us and this transformation of our inner attitudes can only take place when awe leads us in turn to wonder, admiration, reverence, surrender, and obedience toward God."

— James Houston

More Quotemeal

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— Anne Ortlund —

"Even if it's a little thing, do something for those who have need of help, something for which you get no pay but the privilege of doing it."

— Albert Schweitzer —

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— Adrei Bitov —

"Pardon comes not to the soul alone; or rather, Christ comes not to the soul with pardon only! It is that which He opens the door and enters by, but He comes..."

— John Owen —