Quotemeal for Tuesday, May 31, 2011

"We must always speak of the efficacy of the ministry in such a manner that the entire praise of the work may be reserved for God alone."

— John Calvin

More Quotemeal

"When God turns away from us because of selfishness, it is not rejection. Rather, it is an invitation to follow Him to a place we would rather not go."

— Brennan Manning —

"As gold is purified in the furnace, so the faithful heart is purified by sorrow."

— Guarini —

"To gather with God's people in united adoration of the Father is as necessary to the Christian life as prayer."

— Martin Luther —

"We can do nothing, we say sometimes, we can only pray. That, we feel, is a terribly precarious second-best. So long as we can fuss and work and rush about, so....."

— A. J. Gossip —