Quotemeal: Jan. 8th, 2004

Thursday, January 8, 2004

"You were planned for God's pleasure. ... God did not NEED to create you, but he CHOSE to create you for ... his benefit, his glory, his purpose, and his delight."
— Rick Warren

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"He who plants kindness gathers love."
— St. Basil —
"It is a shame for a person to have been a Christian for years but not to have advanced beyond the knowledge of his salvation."
— Theodore Epp —
"'Twas an unhappy Division that has been made between Faith and Works; though in my Intellect I may divide them, just as in the Candle I know there is both Light..."
— John Selden —
"We cannot bear sin - when it is near us, we feel like a wretch chained to a rotting carcass; we groan to be free of the hateful thing."
— Charles H. Spurgeon —

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Illustration of Rick Warren — "You were planned for God's pleasure. ... God did not NEED to create you, but he CHOSE to create you for ... his benefit, his glory, his purpose, and his delight."

Other Devotionals from Heartlight for Thursday, January 8, 2004

Morning & Evening
The classic twice-daily devotional from Charles H. Spurgeon.
Morning Thought: Acts 9:11
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Today's Verse
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Romans 8:3-4
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God's Holy Fire
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'God's New Temple' (Re. 3:13)
"[In his revelation to John, Jesus said,] "Whoever has ears, let them hear what the Spirit says to the churches.""
Passion for Praise
A daily passage of Scripture emphasizing praise to our God.
'Good People See' (Ps. 107:42)
"Good people see [all GOD's deeds of compassion] and are glad; bad people are speechless, stopped in their tracks."

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