CQOD: 10/14/06 -- Owen on temptation

Christian Quotation of the Day

October 14, 2006Meditation:
    "Simon, Simon, behold, Satan demanded to have you, that he might sift you like wheat, but I have prayed for you that your faith may not fail. And when you have turned again, strengthen your brothers."
    -- Luke 22:31-32 (ESV)

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Quotation:
    Steadfastness in believing doth not exclude all temptations from without. When we say a tree is firmly rooted, we do not say the wind never blows upon it.
    ... John Owen (1616-1683)

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Quiet time reflection:
    Lord, Your strength is my only hope.

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CQOD: 10/13/06 -- Brother Lawrence: dealing with our sins

Christian Quotation of the Day

October 13, 2006

Feast of Edward the Confessor, 1066

Meditation:
    ... let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts; let him return to the LORD, that he may have compassion on him, and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.
    -- Isaiah 55:7 (ESV)

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Quotation:
    [He said:] That all possible kinds of mortification, if they were void of the love of God, could not efface a single sin.. That we ought, without anxiety, to expect the pardon of our sins from the blood of Jesus Christ, only endeavoring to love Him with all our hearts. That God seemed to have granted the greatest favors to the greatest sinners, as more signal monuments of His mercy.
    ... Brother Lawrence (c.1605-1691)

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Quiet time reflection:
    Lord, I rely on Your mercy more than ever.

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CQOD: 10/12/06 -- Hebert: the admiring disbelievers

Christian Quotation of the Day

October 12, 2006

Commemoration of Wilfrid, Abbot of Ripon, Bishop of York, Missionary, 709
Commemoration of Elizabeth Fry, Prison Reformer, 1845

Meditation:
    "The times of ignorance God overlooked, but now he commands all people everywhere to repent, because he has fixed a day on which he will judge the world in righteousness by a man whom he has appointed; and of this he has given assurance to all by raising him from the dead." Now when they heard of the resurrection of the dead, some mocked. But others said, "We will hear you again about this."
    -- Acts 17:30-32 (ESV)

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Quotation:
    Finally, what do we mean by the word “true?” How do we distinguish real Truth from human notions and ideas and opinions and doctrines? We are compelled to say that the word “true” means “grounded in reality, based on the real nature of things, on the basic facts which underlie the universe.” Hence, if people say—as many have said—that the moral ideals set out in the gospels are high and noble ideals, and express admiration for the moral character of Jesus, and stop there, not daring to affirm more than that, the answer they are giving to the Question, “Is the Gospel true?” is No.
    ... Gabriel Hebert (b.1886)

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Quiet time reflection:
    Lord, Your word is truth.

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CQOD: 10/11/06 -- Tozer: the eye of faith

Christian Quotation of the Day

October 11, 2006

Commemoration of Ethelburga, Abbess of Barking, 675

Meditation:
    And again another Scripture says, "They will look on him whom they have pierced."
    -- John 19:37 (ESV)

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Quotation:
    Like the eye which sees everything in front of it and never sees itself, faith is occupied with the Object upon which it rests and pays no attention to itself at all. While we are looking at God, we do not see ourselves—blessed riddance. The man who has struggled to purify himself and has had nothing but repeated failures will experience real relief when he stops tinkering with his soul and looks away to the perfect One.
    ... A. W. Tozer (1897-1963), The Pursuit of God [1948]

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Quiet time reflection:
    Lord, keep my eyes focused on you.

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CQOD: 10/10/06 -- Manley: first things first

Christian Quotation of the Day

October 10, 2006

Feast of Paulinus, Bishop of York, Missionary, 644

Meditation:
    But you must remember, beloved, the predictions of the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ. They said to you, "In the last time there will be scoffers, following their own ungodly passions." It is these who cause divisions, worldly people, devoid of the Spirit. But you, beloved, build yourselves up in your most holy faith; pray in the Holy Spirit; 21keep yourselves in the love of God, waiting for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ that leads to eternal life.
    -- Jude 17-21

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Quotation:
    Wilberforce, Lord Shaftesbury, and many other evangelicals, have been leaders in social reform, but it was not their religion. Their efforts succeeded because they put first things first, and believed firmly in the Word of God, in the conversion of the individual, in prayer, and in using spiritual means for spiritual work.
    ... G. T. Manley, Christian Unity [1945]

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Quiet time reflection:
    May I always see You, first, in all that I undertake.

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CQOD: 10/09/06 -- Augustine: the yoke is light

Christian Quotation of the Day

October 9, 2006

Commemoration of Denys, Bishop of Paris, & his Companions, Martyrs, 258
Commemoration of Robert Grosseteste, Bishop of Lincoln, Philosopher, Scientist, 1253

Meditation:
    Now in a great house there are not only vessels of gold and silver but also of wood and clay, some for honorable use, some for dishonorable. Therefore, if anyone cleanses himself from what is dishonorable, he will be a vessel for honorable use, set apart as holy, useful to the master of the house, ready for every good work. So flee youthful passions and pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace, along with those who call on the Lord from a pure heart.
    -- 2 Timothy 2:20-22 (ESV)

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Quotation:
    Thou knowest how far Thou hast already changed me, who first healed me of the lust of vindicating myself, that so Thou mightest forgive all the rest of my iniquities, and heal all my infirmities, and redeem my life from corruption, and crown me with mercy and pity, and satisfy my desire with good things; who didst curb my pride with Thy fear, and tame my neck to Thy yoke. And now I bear it and it is light unto me, because so hast Thou promised, and hast made it; and verily it was so, and I knew it not, when I feared to take it.
    ... The Confessions [397] of St. Augustine (354-430), 10.xxxvi

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Quiet time reflection:
    Lord, I rejoice to be in Your service.

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CQOD: 10/08/06 -- Thomas à Kempis on the spirit of understanding

Christian Quotation of the Day

October 8, 2006Meditation:
    At that time the disciples came to Jesus, saying, "Who is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven?" And calling to him a child, he put him in the midst of them 3and said, "Truly, I say to you, unless you turn and become like children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven. Whoever humbles himself like this child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven."
    -- Matthew 18:1-4 (ESV)

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Quotation:
    The more a man hath unity and simplicity in himself, the more things and the deeper things he understandeth; and that without labor, because he receiveth the light of understanding from above. The spirit which is pure, sincere and steadfast, is not distracted though it hath many works to do, because it doth all things to the honor of God, and striveth to be free from all thoughts of self-seeking.
    ... Thomas à Kempis (1380-1471), Of the Imitation of Christ [1418]

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Quiet time reflection:
    Show me the way to simplicity in You.

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