Quotemeal: Apr. 12th, 2007

Thursday, April 12, 2007

"Do not be too quick to condemn the man who no longer believes in God: for it is perhaps your own coldness and avarice and mediocrity and materialism and selfishness that have chilled his faith."
— Thomas Merton

More Quotemeal

"A Christian in his surroundings should encourage everyone to be better, instead of being the one who stoops to be like everyone else."
Max Lucado
"Charity is, indeed, a great thing, and a gift of God, and when it is rightly ordered likens us unto God himself, as far as that is possible; for it is charity....."
"I would rather walk with God in the dark than go alone in the light."
"For God to explain a trial would be to destroy its purpose, calling forth simple faith and implicit obedience."

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Illustration of Thomas Merton — "Do not be too quick to condemn the man who no longer believes in God: for it is perhaps your own coldness and avarice and mediocrity and materialism and selfishness that have chilled his faith."

Other Devotionals from Heartlight for Thursday, April 12, 2007

A daily guide from the gospels that challenges readers to live for Jesus.
"Jesus told [Martha], "I am the resurrection and the life. Anyone who believes in me will live, even after dying. Everyone who lives in me and believes..."
The classic twice-daily devotional from Charles H. Spurgeon.
"How destructive is the hail to the standing crops, beating out the precious grain upon the ground! How grateful ought we to be when the corn is spared..."
Features the apostle Paul's writings turned into daily, powerful prayers.
"Dear Father, God who worked to create all things, Guide us and empower us to do our work in quietness, to avoid idleness, and to earn our own living...."
A daily passage of Scripture emphasizing praise to our God.
"Yes, joyful are those who live like this! Joyful indeed are those whose God is the Lord!"

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