The Christian Quotation of the Day: 2023-11-26

Patmore: Kind souls

Saturday, December 2, 2023
Meditation:
    [Jesus:] “Do to others as you would have them do to you.”
    —Luke 6:31 (NIV)
Quotation:
Kind souls, you wonder why, love you,
    When you, you wonder why, love none.
We love, Fool, for the good we do,
    Not that which unto us is done.
    ... Coventry Patmore (1823-1896), Florilegium Amantis, London: G. Bell, 1879, p. 233 (see the book)
    See also Luke 6:31; Lev. 19:18; Matt. 5:44-46; 7:12; 22:39; Rom. 13:8-9; Gal. 5:14-16; 6:2; Jas. 2:8
Quiet time reflection:
    Lord, give growth to Your people in doing good to others. CQOD    Blog    email    RSS
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Vaughan: Awake, glad heart!

Friday, December 1, 2023
    Commemoration of Charles de Foucauld, Hermit, Servant of the Poor, 1916
Meditation:
Sing for joy, O heavens, for the LORD has done this;
    shout aloud, O earth beneath.
Burst into song, you mountains,
    you forests and all your trees,
for the LORD has redeemed Jacob,
    he displays his glory in Israel.
    —Isaiah 44:23 (NIV)
Quotation:
Awake, glad heart! get up, and sing!
It is the birth-day of thy King.
    Awake! awake!
    The sun doth shake
Light from his locks, and, all the way
Breathing perfumes, doth spice the day.

Awake, awake! heark how th’ wood rings,
Winds whisper, and the busie springs
A concert make;
Awake! awake!
Man is their high-priest, and should rise
To offer up the sacrifice.

I would I were some bird, or star,
Flutt’ring in woods, or lifted far
    Above this inne
    And rode of sin!
Then either star or bird should be
Shining or singing still to thee.
    ... Henry Vaughan (1622-1695), The Poetical Works of Henry Vaughan, Boston: Osgood, 1871, p. 119 (see the book)
    See also Isa. 44:23; Ps. 57:8-9; 85:9-12; 96:11-13; 108:2-3; Isa. 9:6; 49:13; Matt. 1:21; Luke 1:31-33; 2:8-14; Rev. 5:13
Quiet time reflection:
    Awaken our hearts this day, Lord.

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Coleridge: ingrafting

Thursday, November 30, 2023
    Feast of Andrew the Apostle
Meditation:
    If some of the branches have been broken off, and you, though a wild olive shoot, have been grafted in among the others and now share in the nourishing sap from the olive root, do not boast over those branches. If you do, consider this: You do not support the root, but the root supports you.
    —Romans 11:17-18 (NIV)
Quotation:
    There can be no end without means; and God furnishes no means that exempt us from the task and duty of joining our own best endeavors. The original stock, or wild olive tree, of our natural powers, was not given to us to be burnt or blighted, but to be grafted on.
    ... Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772-1834), The Friend: a series of essays, London: Gale & Curtis, 1812, p. 373 (see the book)
    See also Rom. 11:17-21; Ps. 112:9; Eccl. 11:1-2,6; John 15:5; 2 Cor. 8:9; 9:8-10; Heb. 13:16
Quiet time reflection:
    Lord, from You comes all Your people’s strength. CQOD    Blog    email    RSS
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D'Arcy: in a dry and thirsty land

Wednesday, November 29, 2023
Meditation:
In his pride the wicked does not seek him;
    in all his thoughts there is no room for God.
    —Psalm 10:4 (NIV)
Quotation:
    Leave Him [God] out of our explanations, and the life of thought is decapitated... Without God, everything dries up.
    ... Martin C. D’Arcy (1888-1976), Mirage and Truth, The Centenary Press, 1935, p. 95 (see the book)
    See also Ps. 10:4; 14:1-3; 42:1-2; John 1:4; Rom. 1:21-23,28; Eph. 2:11-12
Quiet time reflection:
    Lord, in You is life. CQOD    Blog    email    RSS
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Ryle: the real story

Tuesday, November 28, 2023
Meditation:
    [Jesus:] “Just as Moses lifted up the snake in the desert, so the Son of Man must be lifted up, that everyone who believes in him may have eternal life.”
    —John 3:14-15 (NIV)
Quotation:
    The New Testament begins with the life, death, and resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ. No part of the Bible is so important as this, and no part is so full and complete. Four distinct Gospels tell us the story of Christ’s doing and dying. Four times over we read the precious account of His works and words. How thankful we ought to be for this! To know Christ is life eternal. To believe in Christ is to have peace with God. To follow Christ is to be a true Christian. To be with Christ will be heaven itself. We can never hear too much about Jesus Christ.
    ... J. C. Ryle (1816-1900), Expository thoughts on the Gospels, with the text complete, St. Matthew, Ipswitch: William Hunt, 1856, p. 2 (see the book)
    See also John 3:14-16; Mark 10:29-30; Luke 2:14; John 4:13-14; 5:24; 6:27; 17:3; Rom. 5:1-2; Eph. 2:14-17; Phil. 4:7; Col. 3:15; 2 Thess. 3:16; 2 Tim. 2:13
Quiet time reflection:
    Lord, may I ever know more of You. CQOD    Blog    email    RSS
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Hallesby: the Spirit's direction

Monday, November 27, 2023
Meditation:
    Dear friends, if our hearts do not condemn us, we have confidence before God and receive from him anything we ask, because we obey his commands and do what pleases him.
    —1 John 3:21-22 (NIV)
Quotation:
    Our prayers are rendered ineffectual in the same degree as they take a different course than that in which the Spirit would lead us. And they become even more impotent when we come in conflict with the Spirit and grieve Him.
    ... O. Hallesby (1879-1961), Prayer, London: Inter-Varsity Fellowship, 1943, reprint, Augsburg Fortress Books, 1975, 1994, p. 117 (see the book)
    See also 1 John 3:21-22; Ps. 143:10; Matt. 7:11; 21:22; Luke 11:13; 18:10-14; Rom. 8:26-27; Eph. 4:30; 6:18; Jas. 5:16; Jude 1:20
Quiet time reflection:
    Lord, lead my heart into conformity with Yours. CQOD    Blog    email    RSS
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Watts: When I survey the wond'rous cross

Sunday, November 26, 2023
    Commemoration of Isaac Watts, Hymnwriter, 1748
Meditation:
    May I never boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world.
    —Galatians 6:14 (NIV)
Quotation:
When I survey the wond’rous cross,
On which the Prince of glory dy’d;
My richest gain, I count but loss,
And pour contempt on all my pride.

Forbid it, Lord, that I should boast,
Save in the death of Christ, my God:
All the vain things that charm me most,
I sacrifice them to thy blood.

See from his head, his hands, his feet,
Sorrow and love flow mingled down!
Did e’er such love and sorrow meet?
Or thorns compose so rich a crown?

His dying crimson, like a robe,
Spreads o’er his body on the tree;
Then am I dead to all the globe,
And all the globe is dead to me.

Were the whole realm of nature mine,
That were a present far too small;
Love, so amazing, so divine,
Demands my soul, my life, my all.
    ... Isaac Watts (1674-1748), Psalms, Hymns, and Spiritual Songs, ed. Samuel Melanchthon Worcester, Boston: Crocker & Brewster, 1834, p. 478 (see the book)
    See also Gal. 6:14; Isa. 53:3-5; Matt. 27:28-29; Rom. 6:4; 1 Cor. 2:2; 2 Cor. 5:14-16; Gal. 2:20; 5:24; Phil. 1:21; 3:8-9; Col. 3:1-3; 1 John 2:15-17
Quiet time reflection:
    Lord, Your people yield all to You.