Quotemeal for Friday, July 3, 2020

"Free will is not the liberty to do whatever one likes, but the power of doing whatever one sees ought to be done, even in the very face of otherwise overwhelming impulse. There lies freedom, indeed."

— George Macdonald

More Quotemeal

"It is easy to want things from the Lord and yet not want the Lord Himself, as though the gift could ever be preferable to the Giver."

— St. Augustine of Hippo —

"A theology without spirituality would be a sterile academic exercise."

— John Macquarrie —

"The one true way of dying to self is the way of patience, meekness, humility, and resignation to God."

— Andrew Murray —

"Those of us who are most familiar with the Spirit's promises are in the greatest danger. ... familiarity may not breed contempt, but it takes the edge off awe....."

— Jim McGuiggan —