Quotemeal for Friday, August 3, 2018

"Here lies the tremendous mystery - that God should be all-powerful, yet refuse to coerce. He summons us to cooperation. We are honored in being given the opportunity to participate in his good deeds. Remember how He asked for help in performing his miracles: Fill the waterpots, stretch out your hand, distribute the loaves."

— Elisabeth Elliot

More Quotemeal

"Sin is not an unfortunate slip or a regrettable act; it is a posture of defiance against a holy God."

— Max Lucado —

"Satan promises the best, but pays with the worst; he promises honor, and pays with disgrace; he promises pleasure, and pays with pain; he promises profit, and....."

— Thomas Brooks —

"If thou art willing to suffer no adversity, how wilt thou be the friend of Christ?"

— Thomas à Kempis —

"When God is about to do something great, he starts with a difficulty. When he is about to do something truly magnificent, he starts with an impossibility."

— Armin Gesswein —