Quotemeal: Dec. 24th, 1963

Tuesday, December 24, 1963

"[Jesus] left because of you. He laid his security down with his hammer. ... Since he could bear your sins more easily than he could bear the thought of your hopelessness, he chose to leave. It wasn't easy. Leaving the carpentry shop never has been."
— Max Lucado

More Quotemeal

"Any concern too small to be a prayer is too small to be a burden."
"Do not look to your hope, but to Christ, the source of your hope."
"If man is not made for God, why is he not happy except in God? If man is made for God, why is he so opposed to God?"
"Live as though Christ died yesterday, rose from the grave today, and is coming back tomorrow."
Theodore Epp

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Illustration of Max Lucado — "[Jesus] left because of you. He laid his security down with his hammer. ... Since he could bear your sins more easily than he could bear the thought of your hopelessness, he chose to leave. It wasn't easy. Leaving the carpentry shop never has been."

Other Devotionals from Heartlight for Tuesday, December 24, 1963

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"Now faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see."
The classic twice-daily devotional from Charles H. Spurgeon.
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A daily passage of Scripture emphasizing praise to our God.
"I know the greatness of the Lord — that our Lord is greater than any other god."

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Quotemeal is a daily dose of Christian quotes to inspire and encourage.