Quotemeal: Dec. 11th, 2006

Monday, December 11, 2006

"Tied to the value of the person is the principle of servanthood. We value what we freely serve."
— Douglas Groothuis

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"We do not err because truth is difficult to see. It is visible at a glance. We err because this is more comfortable."
— Alexander Solzhenitsyn —
"The primary object of prayer is to know God better; we and our needs should come second."
— Florence Allshorn —
"Then are we servants of God, then are we the disciples of Christ, when we do what is commanded us and because it is commanded us."
— John Owen —
"There is not in the world a kind of life more sweet and delightful than that of a continual conversation with God."
— Brother Lawrence —

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Illustration of Douglas Groothuis — "Tied to the value of the person is the principle of servanthood. We value what we freely serve."

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