Thursday, August 10, 2006

CQOD: 08/19/06 -- Peabody: the decisive factor

Christian Quotation of the Day

August 19, 2006
Meditation:
    Not everyone who says to me, 'Lord, Lord,' will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven.
    -- Matthew 7:21 (ESV)

Quotation:
    However important it may be to have a creed that is sound, or an emotion that is warm, the Christian life according to the Gospels is primarily determined by the direction of the will, the fixing of the desire, the habit of obedience, the faculty of decision. If you are determined in your purpose, if you have the will to do the Will, then with half a creed and less than half a pious ecstasy, you are at least in the line of the purpose of Jesus Christ; and as you will to do His will, may come some day to know the teaching.
    ... R. G. Peabody

Quiet time reflection:
    Lord, press me towards obedience, that I may learn Your will


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CQOD: 08/18/06 -- Selden: giving to God

Christian Quotation of the Day

August 18, 2006
Meditation:
    The LORD reigneth; let the earth rejoice; let the multitude of isles be glad thereof. Clouds and darkness are round about him: righteousness and judgment are the habitation of his throne. A fire goeth before him, and burneth up his enemies round about. His lightnings enlightened the world: the earth saw, and trembled. The hills melted like wax at the presence of the LORD, at the presence of the Lord of the whole earth. The heavens declare his righteousness, and all the people see his glory.
    -- Psalms 97:1-6 (KJV)

Quotation:
    All things are God’s already; we can give him no right, by consecrating any, that he had not before, only we set it apart to his service—just as a gardener brings his master a basket of apricots, and presents them; his lord thanks him, and perhaps gives him something for his pains, and yet the apricots were as much his lord’s before as now.
    ... John Selden (1584-1654), Table-Talk [1689]

Quiet time reflection:
    Lord, You own everything. All my possessions are at Your disposal for the Gospel.


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CQOD: 08/17/06 -- Schaff: the unparalleled success

Christian Quotation of the Day

August 17, 2006
Meditation:
    And you, who were dead in your trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh, God made alive together with him, having forgiven us all our trespasses, by canceling the record of debt that stood against us with its legal demands. This he set aside, nailing it to the cross. He disarmed the rulers and authorities and put them to open shame, by triumphing over them in him.
    -- Colossians 2:13-15 (ESV)

Quotation:
    Jesus of Nazareth, without money and arms, conquered more millions than Alexander, Caesar, Mahomet, and Napoleon; without science and learning, He shed more light on things human and divine than all philosophers and schools combined; without the eloquence of schools, He spoke words of life such as never were spoken before or since, and produced effects which lie beyond the reach of any orator or poet; without writing a single line, He has set more pens in motion, and furnished themes for more sermons, orations, discussions, learned volumes, works of art and sweet songs of praise, than the whole army of great men of ancient and modern times. Born in a manger, and crucified as a malefactor, He now controls the destinies of the civilized world, and rules a spiritual empire which embraces one-third of the inhabitants of the globe. There never was in this world a life so unpretending, modest, and lowly in its outward form and condition, and yet producing such extraordinary effects upon all ages, nations, and classes of men. The annals of history produce no other example of such complete and astonishing success in spite of the absence of those material, social, literary, and artistic powers and influences which are indispensable to success for a mere man.
    ... Philip Schaff (1819-1893)

Quiet time reflection:
    Lord, You have prevailed against all foes.


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CQOD: 08/16/06 -- Barclay: God's action, our reaction

Christian Quotation of the Day

August 16, 2006
Meditation:
    And Jesus cried out and said, "Whoever believes in me, believes not in me but in him who sent me. And whoever sees me sees him who sent me. I have come into the world as light, so that whoever believes in me may not remain in darkness. If anyone hears my words and does not keep them, I do not judge him; for I did not come to judge the world but to save the world. The one who rejects me and does not receive my words has a judge; the word that I have spoken will judge him on the last day.
    -- John 12:44-48 (ESV)

Quotation:
    By a man’s reaction to Jesus Christ, that man stands revealed. By his reaction to Jesus Christ his soul is laid bare. If he regards Christ with love, even with wistful yearning, for him there is hope; but if in Christ he sees nothing lovely he has condemned himself. He who was sent in love has become to the man, judgment.
    ... William Barclay (1907-1978), The Gospel of John [1975] (Vol.1)

Quiet time reflection:
    Lord, I want to see You, my Savior.


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CQOD: 08/15/06 -- Littell: success and surrender

Christian Quotation of the Day

August 15, 2006
Meditation:
    Therefore whoever relaxes one of the least of these commandments and teaches others to do the same will be called least in the kingdom of heaven, but whoever does them and teaches them will be called great in the kingdom of heaven.
    -- Matthew 5:19 (ESV)

Quotation:
    The period which marked the enormous statistical success of the revival churches was also the period which saw membership standards decline almost to the vanishing point. Today the [various denominations] don’t even have enough authority to keep their members out of mob violence, let alone hold them to difficult standards of theological or ethical or moral excellence.
    ... Franklin H. Littell (b.1917)

Quiet time reflection:
    Lord, I hold Your words in awe and respect.


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CQOD: 08/14/06 -- Owen: a desirable fear

Christian Quotation of the Day

August 14, 2006
Commemoration of Maximilian Kolbe, Franciscan Friar, Priest, Martyr, 1941
Meditation:
    By steadfast love and faithfulness iniquity is atoned for, and by the fear of the LORD one turns away from evil.
    -- Proverbs 16:6 (ESV)

Quotation:
    That fear which keeps from sin and excites the soul to cleave more firmly to God, be the object of it what it will, is no servile fear, but a holy fear and due reverence unto God and His word.
    ... John Owen (1616-1683)

Quiet time reflection:
    Lord, strengthen my belief in You, so that I may fear You only.


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CQOD: 08/13/06 -- Taylor: laboring for purity

Christian Quotation of the Day

August 13, 2006
Feast of Jeremy Taylor, Bishop of Down & Connor, Priest, Teacher, 1667
Commemoration of Florence Nightingale, Social Reformer, 1910
Commemoration of Octavia Hill, Worker for the Poor, 1912
Meditation:
    Make it your ambition to lead a quiet life, to mind your own business and to work withyour hands, just as we told you, so that your daily life may win the respect of outsiders and so that you will not be dependent on anybody.
    -- 1 Thessalonians 4:11,12 (NIV)

Quotation:
    Avoid idleness, and fill up all the spaces of thy time with severe and useful employment: for lust easily creeps in at those emptinesses where the soul is unemployed and the body is at ease; no easy, healthful, idle person was ever chaste if he could be tempted; but of all employments, bodily labor is the most useful, and of the greatest benefit for driving away the Devil.
    ... Jeremy Taylor (1613-1667)

Quiet time reflection:
    Lord, bless the work of my hands, that it may show the glory of Your mercy to me.


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CQOD: 08/12/06 -- Inge: the source of joy

Christian Quotation of the Day

August 12, 2006
Meditation:
    We want you to know, brothers, about the grace of God that has been given among the churches of Macedonia, for in a severe test of affliction, their abundance of joy and their extreme poverty have overflowed in a wealth of generosity on their part.
    -- 2 Corinthians 8:1,2 (ESV)

Quotation:
    Joy was characteristic of the Christian community so long as it was growing, expanding, and creating healthfully. The time came when the Church had ceased to grow, except externally in wealth, power, and prestige; and these are mere outward adornments, or hampering burdens, very likely. They do not imply growth or creativeness. The time came when dogmatism, tyranny, and ignorance strangled the free intellectual activity of the Church, and worldliness destroyed its moral fruitfulness. Then joy spread her wings and flew away. The Christian graces care nothing for names and labels; where the Spirit of the Lord is, there they abide, but not in great Churches that have forgotten Him. How little of joy there is in the character of the religious bigot or fanatic, or in the prudent ecclesiastical statesman! A show of cheerfulness they may cultivate, as they often do; but it is like the crackling of thorns under a pot: we cannot mistake it for the joy of the Lord which is the strength of the true Christian.
    ... William R. Inge (1860-1954), Personal Religion [1924]

Quiet time reflection:
    Lord, I receive the joy of Your Spirit's presence in my life and the church around me.


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