Quotemeal: May. 21st, 2011

Saturday, May 21, 2011

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"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

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"We must accept finite disappointment, but we must never lose infinite hope."
— Martin Luther King, Jr. —
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— Madeleine L'Engle —
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— Horace —
"If God brings you to it, He will bring you through it."
— Author Unknown —

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Illustration of Robert L. Short — "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."

Other Devotionals from Heartlight for Saturday, May 21, 2011

A Year with Jesus
A devotional to help reclaim Jesus as the daily Lord of our lives.
'Love Each Other!'
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Passion for Praise
A daily passage of Scripture emphasizing praise to our God.
'Abundant Thanksgivings to God' (2 Co. 9:12-15)
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God's Holy Fire
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'Filled with Joy!' (Ac. 13:52)
"And the disciples were filled with joy and with the Holy Spirit. "
Morning & Evening
The classic twice-daily devotional from Charles H. Spurgeon.
Evening Thought: Romans 9:15
"In these words the Lord in the plainest manner claims the right to give or to withhold his mercy according to his own sovereign will. As the..."

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