Quotemeal: Jan. 1st, 2006

Sunday, January 1, 2006

"Time has no divisions to mark its passage, there is never a thunder-storm or blare of trumpets to announce the beginning of a new month or year. Even when a new century begins it is only we mortals who ring bells and fire off pistols."
— Thomas Mann

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"Faith is to the soul what life is to the body. Prayer is to faith what breath is to the body. How a person can live and not breathe is past my comprehension,..."
— J. C. Ryle —
"God speaks in the silence of the heart. Listening is the beginning of prayer."
— Mother Teresa —
"Prayer is exhaling the spirit of man and inhaling the spirit of God."
— Edwin Keith —
"If I was a nightingale I would sing like a nightingale; if a swan, like a swan. But since I am a rational creature my role is to praise God."
— Epictetus —

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Other Devotionals from Heartlight for Sunday, January 1, 2006

Daily Wisdom
A daily devotional featuring wise counsel found in Scripture.
John 1:1-2
"In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was with God in the beginning."
Passion for Praise
A daily passage of Scripture emphasizing praise to our God.
'Every Spiritual Blessing' (Ep. 1:3)
"Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in the heavenly realms with every spiritual blessing in Christ."
Morning & Evening
The classic twice-daily devotional from Charles H. Spurgeon.
Morning Thought: Joshua 5:12
"Israel's weary wanderings were all over, and the promised rest was attained. No more moving tents, fiery serpents, fierce Amalekites, and howling..."
Spiritual Warfare
A daily devotional about God's power for our battles.
'God Watches Over the Godly' (Ps. 1:6)
"For the Lord watches over the path of the godly, but the path of the wicked leads to destruction."

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Illustration of Thomas Mann — "Time has no divisions to mark its passage, there is never a thunder-storm or blare of trumpets to announce the beginning of a new month or year. Even when a new century begins it is only we mortals who ring bells and fire off pistols."

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