Quotemeal: Apr. 7th, 1949

Thursday, April 7, 1949

"No Christian can be a pessimist, for Christianity is a system of radical optimism."
— William R. Inge

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"Why can't we build orphanages next to homes for the aged? If someone's sitting in a rocker, it won't be long before a kid will be in his lap."
— Cloris Leachman —
"Make two homes for yourself my daughter. One actual home and another spiritual home, which you carry with you always."
— Catherine of Siena —
"The chief pang of most trials is not so much the actual suffering itself as our own spirit of resistance to it."
— Jean Nicolas Grou —
"The Bible is like a telescope. If a man looks through his telescope, then he sees worlds beyond; but if he looks at his telescope, then he does not see anything..."
— Phillips Brooks —

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Illustration of William R. Inge — "No Christian can be a pessimist, for Christianity is a system of radical optimism."

Other Devotionals from Heartlight for Thursday, April 7, 1949

Praying with Paul
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'Enemies into Friends' (1 Ti. 1:16-17)
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Spiritual Warfare
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Today's Verse
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Isaiah 33:22
"The LORD is our judge, the LORD is our lawgiver, the LORD is our king; it is he who will save us."
Morning & Evening
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Evening Thought: 1 Thessalonians 2:18
"Since the first hour in which goodness came into conflict with evil, it has never ceased to be true in spiritual experience, that Satan hinders us...."

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