Quotemeal: Feb. 5th, 2004

Thursday, February 5, 2004

"Keep yourself as a pilgrim and a stranger here in this world, as one to whom the world's business counts but little. Keep your heart free, and always lift it up to God."
— Thomas à Kempis

More Quotemeal

"The Bible applied to the heart by the Holy Spirit, is the chief means by which men are built up and established in the faith, after their conversion."
J. C. Ryle
"Talents are best nurtured in solitude: character is best formed in the stormy billows of the world."
Goethe
"The Church on earth is a cross-eyed church, with one eye on God in His heavenly benediction, and one eye on the needy world of men."
David Head
"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

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Illustration of Thomas à Kempis — "Keep yourself as a pilgrim and a stranger here in this world, as one to whom the world's business counts but little.  Keep your heart free, and always lift it up to God."

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