Quotemeal: Sep. 24th, 2005

Saturday, September 24, 2005

"We don't seem to want to worship a God who's too big, too authoritative. We seem more comfortable with a deity who's more manageable."
— Mark Finley

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"The world says, The more you take, the more you have. Christ says, the more you give, the more you are."
— Frederick Buechner —
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— Watchman Nee —
"What God did makes sense. It makes sense that Jesus would be our sacrifice because a sacrifice was needed to justify man's presence before God. ... However, WHY..."
— Max Lucado —
"Not until we have become humble and teachable, standing in awe of God's holiness and sovereignty...acknowledging our own littleness, distrusting our own..."
— J. I. Packer —

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Illustration of Mark Finley — "We don't seem to want to worship a God who's too big, too authoritative. We seem more comfortable with a deity who's more manageable."

Other Devotionals from Heartlight for Saturday, September 24, 2005

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'Rejected!' (Jn. 1:10-11)
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God's Holy Fire
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'Rivers of Living Water!' (Jn. 7:37-39)
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