Quotemeal: Sep. 1st, 2023

Friday, September 1, 2023

Fall Ministry Update & Donation Drive

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"[John the Baptist said] 'He must increase, but I must decrease.' ... No driven person could ever say what John said, because driven people have to keep gaining more and more attention, more and more power, more and more material assets. The seductions of the public life would have led to a competitive posture, but the original call to commitment from within spoke louder."
— Gordon McDonald

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"I wept at the beauty of your hymns and canticles, and was powerfully moved at the sweet sound of your Church singing. These sounds flowed into my ears, and the...."
— St. Augustine of Canterbury —
"God, as we know Him, is a gift to us from Christ."
— A. J. Gossip —
"There is a great man who makes every man feel small. But the real great man is the man who makes every man feel great."
— G. K. Chesterton —
"As sure as God puts His children in the furnace he will be in the furnace with them."
— Charles H Spurgeon —

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Illustration of Gordon McDonald — "[John the Baptist said] 'He must increase, but I must decrease.' ... No driven person could ever say what John said, because driven people have to keep gaining more and more attention, more and more power, more and more material assets. The seductions of the public life would have led to a competitive posture, but the original call to commitment from within spoke louder."

Other Devotionals from Heartlight for Friday, September 1, 2023

Today's Verse
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2 Peter 3:18
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Morning & Evening
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Quotemeal is a daily dose of Christian quotes to inspire and encourage.

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