Thomas a Kempis: our need of God

Wednesday, July 24, 2019
    Commemoration of Thomas à Kempis, priest, spiritual writer, 1471
Meditation:
    So I find this law at work: When I want to do good, evil is right there with me.
    —Romans 7:21 (NIV)
Quotation:
    When we are troubled with temptation and evil thoughts, then we see clearly the great need we have of God, since without him we can do nothing good... No one is so good that he is immune to temptation; we will never [in this life] be entirely free of it.
    ... Thomas à Kempis (1380-1471), Of the Imitation of Christ [1418], Leipzig: Bernhard Tauchnitz, 1877, I.xii-xiii, p. 45-46 (see the book)
    See also Rom. 7:18-21; Matt. 15:19; Eph. 2:1-5; Heb. 4:15; 1 Pet. 4:1-2; 1 John 1:9
Quiet time reflection:
    Lord, I fail in combating sin. Without You every minute, I am lost. CQOD    Blog    email    RSS
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