Quotemeal: Dec. 22nd, 2017

Friday, December 22, 2017

"How many observe Christ's birthday! How few, his precepts! O! 'tis easier to keep holidays than commandments."
— Benjamin Franklin

More Quotemeal

"Christ, having sacrificed himself once, is to eternity a certain and valid sacrifice for the sins of all faithful."
"Look around the habitable world; how few know their own good, or knowing it, pursue."
— John Dryden —
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"Above all, desire to please Christ; dread his disapproval above everything else."

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Illustration of Benjamin Franklin — "How many observe Christ's birthday! How few, his precepts! O! 'tis easier to keep holidays than commandments."

Other Devotionals from Heartlight for Friday, December 22, 2017

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