Quotemeal: Jul. 30th, 2010

Friday, July 30, 2010

"The longer you delay, the more your sin gets strength and rooting. If you cannot bend a twig, how will you be able to bend it when it is a tree?"
— Richard Baxter

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"I can contribute nothing to my own salvation, except the sin from which I need to be redeemed."

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Illustration of Richard Baxter — "The longer you delay, the more your sin gets strength and rooting. If you cannot bend a twig, how will you be able to bend it when it is a tree?"

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Quotemeal is a daily dose of Christian quotes to inspire and encourage.