Quotemeal for Saturday, May 21, 2011

"The childish idea that prayer is a handle by which we can take hold of God and obtain whatever we desire, leads to easy disillusionment with both what we had thought to be God and what we had thought to be prayer."

— Robert L. Short

More Quotemeal

"A theology without spirituality would be a sterile academic exercise."

— John Macquarrie —

"The tearful praying Christian, whose distress prevent his words, will be clearly understood by the Most High."

— Charles H. Spurgeon —

"A man may carry the whole scheme of Christian truth in his mind from boyhood to old age without the slightest effect upon his character and aims. It has had..."

— J. G. Holland —