Quotemeal: Sep. 8th, 2019

Sunday, September 8, 2019

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"There is a big difference between mishearing and hearing only what we want to hear, right? We, the people of God, seem to have chronic 'itching ears,' and we can usually find somebody to scratch till we say 'Aaahh' (2 Tim. 4:3). Given the option, we will usually choose bigger barns to serve ourselves over bigger hearts to serve others (Luke 12:13-21)."
— Scotty Smith

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"Lift up your eyes. The heavenly Father waits to bless you — in inconceivable ways to make your life what you never dreamed it could be."
— Anne Ortlund —
"A godly man is a praying man."
— Thomas Watson —
"Gratitude is the least of the virtues, but ingratitude is the worst of vices."
— Thomas Fuller —
"Absolutely nothing will revitalize a discouraged church faster than rediscovering its purpose."
— Rick Warren —

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Illustration of Scotty Smith — "There is a big difference between mishearing and hearing only what we want to hear, right? We, the people of God, seem to have chronic 'itching ears,' and we can usually find somebody to scratch till we say 'Aaahh' (2 Tim. 4:3). Given the option, we will usually choose bigger barns to serve ourselves over bigger hearts to serve others (Luke 12:13-21)."

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