The Christian Quotation of the Day: 2007-06-24

CQOD: 06/28/07 -- Grou: intention and service

Christian Quotation of the Day

June 28, 2007

Feast of Irenæus, Bishop of Lyons, Teacher, Martyr, c.200

Meditation:
Don't let anyone look down on you because you are young, but set an example for the believers in speech, in life, in love, in faith and in purity.
-- 1 Timothy 4:12 (NIV)

Quotation:
It is quite possible to perform very ordinary actions with so high an intention as to serve God therein better than in far more important things done with a less pure intention.
... Jean N. Grou (1731-1803)

Quiet time reflection:
Lord, let me not forget the small things that are great in Your Kingdom.

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CQOD: 06/27/07 -- Juliana: prayer and trust

Christian Quotation of the Day

June 27, 2007Meditation:
[Jesus:] "Which of you fathers, if your son asks for a fish, will give him a snake instead? Or if he asks for an egg, will give him a scorpion? If you then, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!"
-- Luke 11:11-13 (NIV)

Quotation:
This is our Lord’s will, ... that our prayer and our trust be, alike, large. For if we do not trust as much as we pray, we fail in full worship to our Lord in our prayer; and also we hinder and hurt ourselves. The reason is that we do not know truly that our Lord is the ground from which our prayer springeth; nor do we know that it is given us by his grace and his love. If we knew this, it would make us trust to have of our Lord’s gifts all that we desire. For I am sure that no man asketh mercy and grace with sincerity, without mercy and grace being given to him first.
... Juliana of Norwich (1342?-1417), Revelations of Divine Love

Quiet time reflection:
Lord, show me the way of perfect trust.

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CQOD: 06/26/07 -- Denney: a simplified taxonomy

Christian Quotation of the Day

June 26, 2007Meditation:
More than that, we are then found to be false witnesses about God, for we have testified about God that he raised Christ from the dead. But he did not raise him if in fact the dead are not raised. For if the dead are not raised, then Christ has not been raised either. And if Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile; you are still in your sins.
-- 1 Corinthians 15:15-17 (NIV)

Quotation:
Even in a day of overdone distinctions, one might point out that interpretations are not properly to be classified as historical or dogmatic, but as true or false. If they are false, it does not matter whether they be called dogmatic or historical; and if they are true, they may quite well be both.
... James Denney (1856-1917)

Quiet time reflection:
Lord, Your Spirit leads me into all truth.

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CQOD: 06/25/07 -- Palau: trials

Christian Quotation of the Day

June 25, 2007Meditation:
Now I rejoice in what was suffered for you, and I fill up in my flesh what is still lacking in regard to Christ's afflictions, for the sake of his body, which is the church
-- Colossians 1:24 (NIV)

Quotation:
When you face the perils of weariness, carelessness, and confusion, don’t pray for an easier life. Pray instead to be a stronger man or woman of God.
... Luis Palau (b.1934)

Quiet time reflection:
Lord, You keep me from stumbling.

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CQOD: 06/24/07 -- Davidman: endless youth

Christian Quotation of the Day

June 24, 2007

Feast of the Birth of John the Baptist

Meditation:
Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of me. Rejoice and be glad, because great is your reward in heaven, for in the same way they persecuted the prophets who were before you.
-- Matthew 5:11,12 (NIV)

Quotation:
“Thou shalt not” is the beginning of wisdom. But the end of wisdom, the new law, is, “Thou shalt.” To be Christian is to be old? Not a bit of it. To be Christian is to be reborn, and free, and unafraid, and immortally young.
... Joy Davidman (1915-1960), Smoke on the Mountain [1955]

Quiet time reflection:
Lord, I long for the full measure of life You promise.

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