Quotemeal: Dec. 8th, 2016

Thursday, December 8, 2016

"The Bible talks plentifully about joy, but it nowhere talks about a "happy Christian." Happiness depends on what happens; joy does not. Remember, Jesus Christ had joy, and He prays "that they might have my joy fulfilled in themselves.""
— Oswald Chambers

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— Jim Elliot —
"God does not give us everything we want, but He does fulfill all His promises . . . leading us along the best and straightest paths to Himself."
— Dietrich Bonhoeffer —

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Illustration of Oswald Chambers — "The Bible talks plentifully about joy, but it nowhere talks about a "happy Christian." Happiness depends on what happens; joy does not. Remember, Jesus Christ had joy, and He prays "that they might have my joy fulfilled in themselves.""

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