Quotemeal for Tuesday, March 1, 2005

"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

More Quotemeal

"How can we understand forgiveness if we haven't recognized the depth of our sin?"

— John Henry Newman —

"We may be truly said to worship God, though we lack perfection; but we cannot be said to worship Him if we lack sincerity."

— Stephen Charnock —

"It is a poor thing to strike our colours to God when the ship is going down under us; a poor thing to come to Him as a last resort, to offer up "our own" when....."

— C. S. Lewis —

"Should we feel at times disheartened and discouraged, a simple movement of heart toward God will renew our powers. Whatever he may demand of us, he will give us..."

— François Fénelon —