Quotemeal: Apr. 1st, 1954

Thursday, April 1, 1954

"Do not pray for easy lives; pray to be stronger men. Do not pray for tasks equal to your powers; pray for powers equal to your tasks. Then the doing of your work shall be no miracle, but you yourself shall be a miracle. Every day you shall wonder at yourself, at the richness of life which has come to you by the grace of God."
— Phillips Brooks

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Illustration of Phillips Brooks — "Do not pray for easy lives; pray to be stronger men. Do not pray for tasks equal to your powers; pray for powers equal to your tasks. Then the doing of your work shall be no miracle, but you yourself shall be a miracle. Every day you shall wonder at yourself, at the richness of life which has come to you by the grace of God."

Other Devotionals from Heartlight for Thursday, April 1, 1954

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'A God of Comfort' (2 Co. 1:3-11)
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Daily Wisdom
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Proverbs 16:19
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Today's Verse
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Zephaniah 3:17
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God's Holy Fire
A daily devotional about the work of the Holy Spirit in our lives.
'Boldness!' (Ac. 4:31)
"After [the disciples'] prayer, the meeting place shook, and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit. Then they preached the word of God with boldness."

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