Quotemeal: Oct. 26th, 2010

Tuesday, October 26, 2010

"It is in the ordinary duties and labors of life that the Christian can and should develop his spiritual union with God."
— Thomas Merton

More Quotemeal

"He came from God, all the apostles believed, in a sense in which no other came; does it not follow that he came in a way in which no other came?"
James Denney
"Next to the wicked lives of men, nothing is so great a disparagement and weakening to religion as the divisions of Christians."
"If we would talk less and pray more about them, things would be better than they are in the world: at least, we should be better enabled to bear them."
John Owen
"When God turns away from us because of selfishness, it is not rejection. Rather, it is an invitation to follow Him to a place we would rather not go."

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Illustration of Thomas Merton — "It is in the ordinary duties and labors of life that the Christian can and should develop his spiritual union with God."

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