CQOD: 03/23/08 -- Johnson: prayer

Christian Quotation of the Day

March 23, 2008

Easter

Meditation:
    On the evening of that first day of the week, when the disciples were together, with the doors locked for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood among them and said, "Peace be with you!" After he said this, he showed them his hands and side. The disciples were overjoyed when they saw the Lord. Again Jesus said, "Peace be with you! As the Father has sent me, I am sending you." And with that he breathed on them and said, "Receive the Holy Spirit."
    -- John 20:19-22 (NIV)

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Quotation:
    Almighty and everlasting God, Who hast preserved me by Thy fatherly care through all the years of my past life, and now permittest me again to commemorate the sufferings and merits of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, grant me so to partake of this holy rite, that the disquiet of my mind may be appeased, that my faith may be increased, my hope strengthened, and my life regulated by Thy Will. Make me truly thankful for that portion of health which Thy mercy has restored, and enable me to use the remains of life to Thy glory and my own salvation. Take not from me, O Lord, Thy Holy Spirit. Extinguish in my mind all sinful and inordinate desires. Let me resolve to do that which is right, and let me by Thy help keep my resolutions. Let me, if it is best for me, at last know peace and comfort, but whatever state of life Thou shalt appoint me, let me end it by a happy death, and enjoy eternal happiness in Thy presence, for the sake of Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
    ... Samuel Johnson (1709-1784), Easter, 1770

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Quiet time reflection:
    Lord, You have shown Your people Your risen Body. Grant that I shall gaze upon You also, eternally.

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CQOD: 03/22/08 -- Chambers: the life of God

Christian Quotation of the Day

March 22, 2008

Holy Saturday

Meditation:
    For you know that it was not with perishable things such as silver or gold that you were redeemed from the empty way of life handed down to you from your forefathers, but with the precious blood of Christ, a lamb without blemish or defect.
    -- 1 Peter 1:18,19 (NIV)

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Quotation:
    When Jesus Christ shed his blood on the cross, it was not the blood of a martyr; or the blood of one man for another; it was the life of God poured out to redeem the world.
    ... Oswald Chambers (1874-1917)

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Quiet time reflection:
    Lord, I do not belong to myself but to You, for You redeemed me.

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CQOD: 03/21/08 -- Bonar: His work

Christian Quotation of the Day

March 21, 2008

Good Friday

Meditation:
    For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek. For therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith: as it is written, The just shall live by faith.
    -- Romans 1:16,17 (KJV)

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Quotation:
    Faith is the acknowledgment of the entire absence of all goodness in us, and the recognition of the cross as the substitute for all the want on our part. The whole work is His, not ours, from first to last.
    ... Horatius Bonar (1808-1889), The Everlasting Righteousness, James Nisbet & Co., London: 1873, p. 116-117

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Quiet time reflection:
    Lord, I cannot boast in anything save the Cross.

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CQOD: 03/20/08 -- Cogdell: under the surface

Christian Quotation of the Day

March 20, 2008

Maundy Thursday
Feast of Cuthbert, Bishop of Lindisfarne, Missionary, 687

Meditation:
    Save me, O God,
        for the waters have come up to my neck.
    I sink in the miry depths,
        where there is no foothold.
    I have come into the deep waters;
        the floods engulf me.
    I am worn out calling for help;
        my throat is parched.
    My eyes fail,
        looking for my God.
    Those who hate me without reason
        outnumber the hairs of my head;
    many are my enemies without cause,
        those who seek to destroy me.
    I am forced to restore
        what I did not steal.
        -- Psalm 69:1-4 (NIV)

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Quotation:
    We usually think of Jesus in the upper room as calmly and patiently preparing his disciples for their coming crisis; only in the garden are we shown his deep anguish over what lies ahead for himself. But if this verse (“They hated me without a cause.” Ps. 69:4) occurred to Jesus as describing his enemies, surely he was also identifying with the rest of [Psalm 69] with its vivid description of overwhelming troubles and importune cries to God for deliverance. What in the upper room was still under the surface was openly expressed in the garden.
    ... John R. Cogdell, “The humanity of Jesus Christ, as revealed in certain Psalms”

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CQOD: 03/19/08 -- Rutherford: crosses

Christian Quotation of the Day

March 19, 2008

Feast of Joseph of Nazareth

Meditation:
    [Jesus:] Anyone who loves his father or mother more than me is not worthy of me; anyone who loves his son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me; and anyone who does not take his cross and follow me is not worthy of me.
    -- Matthew 10:37,38 (NIV)

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Quotation:
    Come all crosses, welcome, welcome! so I may get my heartful of my Lord Jesus.
    ... Samuel Rutherford (1600-1664), letter, Feb. 20, 1637

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Quiet time reflection:
    Lord, fill my heart with Your presence.

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CQOD: 03/18/08 -- Johnson: no place for problems

Christian Quotation of the Day

March 18, 2008Meditation:
    One man considers one day more sacred than another; another man considers every day alike. Each one should be fully convinced in his own mind. He who regards one day as special, does so to the Lord. He who eats meat, eats to the Lord, for he gives thanks to God; and he who abstains, does so to the Lord and gives thanks to God.
    -- Romans 14:5,6 (NIV)

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Quotation:
    To perpetuate the clerical role of answer man, the layman when inside the church building must act as if he has only half a brain, while outside, in the world, he is expected to be an ambassador for Christ, a lay transmitter of faith. Outside, he is to be informed and vocal; inside, he must appear ignorant and mute as a sheep. Christians have within them many questions—questions that are at once elementary and profound, questions that would ripple the water were they raised. However, because a Christian is supposed to have “answers,” life’s important questions are not discussed outside the church building; and, because the pastor is the educated, spiritual authority, they are not discussed inside either.
    ... Paul G. Johnson (b.1931), Buried Alive [1968]

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Quiet time reflection:
    Lord, grant us the wisdom to show others You rather than ourselves.

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CQOD: 03/17/08 -- Guinness: found wanting, and not tried

Christian Quotation of the Day

March 17, 2008

Feast of Patrick, Bishop of Armagh, Missionary, Patron of Ireland, c.460

Meditation:
    Still another said, "I will follow you, Lord; but first let me go back and say good-by to my family." Jesus replied, "No one who puts his hand to the plow and looks back is fit for service in the kingdom of God."
    -- Luke 9:61,62 (NIV)

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Quotation:
    The evidence for Christian truth is not exhaustive, but it is sufficient. Too often, Christianity has not been tried and found wanting—it has been found wanting, and not tried.
    ... Os Guinness (b.1941)

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Quiet time reflection:
    Lord, never let me be held back from ministry by this world's cares.

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CQOD: 03/16/08 -- Kirk: street confrontation

Christian Quotation of the Day

March 16, 2008

Palm Sunday

Meditation:
    And it came to pass, when the time was come that he should be received up, he stedfastly set his face to go to Jerusalem, And sent messengers before his face: and they went, and entered into a village of the Samaritans, to make ready for him.
    -- Luke 9:51,52 (KJV)

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Quotation:
    The entrance into Jerusalem [on Palm Sunday] has all the elements of the theatre of the absurd: the poor king; truth comes riding on a donkey; symbolic actions—even parading without a permit! Also, when Jesus “set his face to go to Jerusalem,” what was involved was direct action, an open confrontation and public demonstration of the incompatibility of evil with the Kingdom of God.
    ... David Kirk (b.1935), Quotations from Chairman Jesus, p. 61 [1969]

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Quiet time reflection:
    Lord, You have conquered the world.

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CQOD: 03/15/08 -- Barth: our belief vs. His holiness

Christian Quotation of the Day

March 15, 2008Meditation:
    The wrath of God is being revealed from heaven against all the godlessness and wickedness of men who suppress the truth by their wickedness...
    -- Romans 1:18 (NIV)

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Quotation:
    [From our side] our relation to God is unrighteous. Secretly we are ourselves the masters in this relationship. We are not concerned with God, but with our own requirements, to which God must adjust Himself. Our arrogance demands that, in addition to everything else, some super-world should also be known and accessible to us. Our conduct calls for some deeper sanction, some approbation and remuneration from another world. Our well-regulated, pleasurable life longs for some hours of devotion, some prolongation into infinity. And so, when we set God upon the throne of the world, we mean by God ourselves. In “believing” on Him, we justify, enjoy, and adore ourselves.
    ... Karl Barth (1886-1968), The Epistle to the Romans, p. 44 [1933]

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Quiet time reflection:
    Lord, lead me to see how I use You instead of being used by You.

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