CQOD: 01/15/06 -- Augustine: the evil turning

Christian Quotation of the Day

January 15, 2006Meditation:
    Even when the fool walks on the road, he lacks sense, and he says to everyone that he is a fool.
    -- Ecclesiastes 10:3 (ESV)

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Quotation:
    When the will abandons what is above itself and turns to what is lower, it becomes evil—not because that is evil to which it turns, but because the turning itself is wicked. Therefore it is not an inferior thing which has made the will evil, but it is itself which has become so by wickedly and inordinately desiring an inferior thing.
    ... St. Augustine (354-430), The City of God [426]

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Quiet time reflection:
    Hide me, Lord, from the evil that my own will would lead me to.

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CQOD: 01/14/06 -- Lawrence: to know God more

Christian Quotation of the Day

January 14, 2006

Commemoration of Richard Meux Benson, Founder of the Society of St John the Evangelist, 1915

Meditation:
    O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! how unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past finding out!
    -- Romans 11:33 (KJV)

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Quotation:
    Let all our employment be to know God; the more one knows Him, the more one desires to know Him. And as knowledge is commonly the measure of love, the deeper and more extensive our knowledge shall be, the greater will be our love; and if our love of God were great we should love Him equally in pains and pleasures.
    ... Brother Lawrence (c.1605-1691), The Practice of the Presence of God

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Quiet time reflection:
    Lord, I waste my time on useless knowledge. Incline me toward knowledge of You.

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CQOD: 01/13/06 -- Luther: idolatry

Christian Quotation of the Day

January 13, 2006

Feast of Hilary, Bishop of Poitiers, Teacher, 367Commemoration of Kentigern (Mungo), Missionary Bishop in Strathclyde & Cumbria, 603

Meditation:
    When Christ who is your life appears, then you also will appear with him in glory. Put to death therefore what is earthly in you: sexual immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry. On account of these the wrath of God is coming.
    -- Colossians 3:4-6 (ESV)

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Quotation:
    Idolatry is... all manner of devotion in those that would serve God without Christ the Mediator, his Word and command. In popedom it was held a work of the greatest sanctity for the monks to sit in their cells and meditate of God, and of his wonderful works; to be kindled with zeal, kneeling on their knees, praying, and having their imaginary contemplations of celestial objects, with such supposed devotion, that they wept for joy. In these their conceits, they banished all desires and thoughts of women, and what else is temporal and evanescent. They seemed to meditate only on God, and his wonderful works. Yet all these seeming holy actions of devotion, which the wit and wisdom of man holds to be angelical sanctity, are nothing else but works of the flesh. All manner of religion, where people serve God without his Word and command, is simply idolatry, and the more holy and spiritual such a religion seems, the more hurtful and venomous it is; for it leads people away from the faith of Christ, and makes them rely and depend upon their own strength, works, and righteousness.
    ... Martin Luther (1483-1546), Table Talk

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Quiet time reflection:
    You know the idols in my heart. Tear down the temples I have built, Lord, and raise a new temple to your glory there, instead.

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CQOD: 01/12/06 -- Irving: the basis of assurance

Christian Quotation of the Day

January 12, 2006

Feast of Aelred of Hexham, Abbot of Rievaulx, 1167Commemoration of Benedict Biscop, Abbot of Wearmouth, Scholar, 689

Meditation:
    Forever, O LORD, your word
        is firmly fixed in the heavens.
    Your faithfulness endures to all generations;
        you have established the earth, and it stands fast.
    By your appointment they stand this day,
        for all things are your servants.
    -- Psalm 119:89-91 (ESV)

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Quotation:
    God’s unchangeableness is the very foundation of desire and hope and activity in things religious as in things natural. The uniformity of nature’s operations in the one, and the constancy of God’s promises in the other, give aim and certainty to events.
    ... Edward Irving (1792-1834)

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CQOD: 01/11/06 -- Baillie: open to Thee

Christian Quotation of the Day

January 11, 2006

Commemoration of Mary Slessor, Missionary in West Africa, 1915

Meditation:
    Continue steadfastly in prayer, being watchful in it with thanksgiving. At the same time, pray also for us, that God may open to us a door for the word, to declare the mystery of Christ, on account of which I am in prison--that I may make it clear, which is how I ought to speak.
    -- Colossians 4:2-4 (ESV)

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Quotation:
    Give me an open ear, O God, that I may hear Thy voice
        calling me to high endeavor.
    Give me an open mind, O God, a mind ready to receive and to welcome
        such new light of knowledge as it is Thy will to reveal to me.
    Give me open eyes, O God, eyes quick to discover
        Thine indwelling in the world which Thou hast made.
    Give me open hands, O God, hands ready to share with all who are in want
        the blessings with which Thou hast enriched my life.
    ... John Baillie (1886-1960)

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CQOD: 01/10/06 -- Hoskyns: the recognition of sin

Christian Quotation of the Day

January 10, 2006Meditation:
    If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
    -- 1 John 1:8 (ESV)

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Quotation:
    The overwhelming recognition of human sin controls the Old Testament and the New Testament alike, and no understanding of our Lord’s words and actions is possible if we persist in denying it.
    ... Sir Edwyn Hoskyns (1884-1937)

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Quiet time reflection:
    I avoid looking at my sin, Lord, but Your word is truth.

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CQOD: 01/09/06 -- Arnold: the appearance of Christianity

Christian Quotation of the Day

January 9, 2006Meditation:
    Thus says the LORD:"Heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool;what is the house that you would build for me, and what is the place of my rest?All these things my hand has made, and so all these things came to be, declares the LORD.But this is the one to whom I will look: he who is humble and contrite in spirit and trembles at my word."
    -- Isaiah 66:1-2 (ESV)

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Quotation:
    Every time the words “contrition” or “humility” drop from the lips of a prophet or psalmist, Christianity appears.
    ... Matthew Arnold (1822-1888)

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Quiet time reflection:
    Implant a humble heart in me, Lord.

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