Quotemeal: Jan. 27th, 2002

Sunday, January 27, 2002

"The Christian life isn't difficult — it is impossible. If we don't know that, we will try to do things ourselves. Faith is not necessary when we think we can do it ourselves. Faith comes along when we realize that we cannot do it on our own."
— Joseph Garlingen

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"We love the Lord, of course, but we often wonder what He finds in us."
— Ed Howe —
"We are not necessarily doubting that God will do the best for us; we are wondering how painful the best will turn out to be.||"
— C. S. Lewis —
"Do not desire crosses, unless you have borne well those laid on you; it is an abuse to long after martyrdom while unable to bear an insult patiently."
— François de Sales —
"Only those whose souls have struck the deepest notes of penitence can reach the highest notes of praise."
— Richard DeHaan —

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Illustration of Joseph Garlingen — "The Christian life isn't difficult — it is impossible. If we don't know that, we will try to do things ourselves. Faith is not necessary when we think we can do it ourselves. Faith comes along when we realize that we cannot do it on our own."

Other Devotionals from Heartlight for Sunday, January 27, 2002

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'Source of All Comfort' (2 Co. 1:3-4)
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