Quotemeal: Jul. 31st, 2006

Monday, July 31, 2006

"Not until we have become humble and teachable, standing in awe of God's holiness and sovereignty...acknowledging our own littleness, distrusting our own thoughts, and willing to have our minds turned upside down, can divine wisdom become ours."
— J. I. Packer

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"Obedience is the fruit of faith; patience, the bloom on the fruit."
— Rossetti —
"The serene beauty of a holy life is the most powerful influence in the world next to the power of God."
— Blaise Pascal —
"Pride is the utter poverty of soul disguised as riches, imaginary light where in fact there is darkness."
— John Climacus —
"For God to explain a trial would be to destroy its purpose, calling forth simple faith and implicit obedience."
— Alfred Edersheim —

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Illustration of J. I. Packer — "Not until we have become humble and teachable, standing in awe of God's holiness and sovereignty...acknowledging our own littleness, distrusting our own thoughts, and willing to have our minds turned upside down, can divine wisdom become ours."

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