Saturday, June 12, 2010

For the Love of Quotes

My son, Brennan shared this powerful quote on his Facebook:

"People do not drift toward Holiness. Apart from grace-driven effort, people do not gravitate toward godliness, prayer, obedience to Scripture, faith, and delight in the Lord. We drift toward compromise and call it tolerance; we drift toward disobedience and call it freedom; we drift toward superstition and call it faith. We cherish the indiscipline of lost self-control and call it relaxation; we slouch toward prayerlessness and delude ourselves into thinking we have escaped legalism; we slide toward godlessness and convince ourselves we have been liberated." — D.A. Carson

11 comments:

  1. Wow! Those are powerful words...and sadly, so true oftentimes...I'm going to print this one....

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  2. Whoa! Talk about stepping on some toes! Ouch! Great quote to share...thanks!

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  3. Great Truth in this quote. Your son is wise beyond his years. I know you thank God daily for that blessing. Thank you for sharing this inspiration today.

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  4. What a powerful truth D.A. Carson has shared! WOW!! I'll need to share this quote as well.

    Praying you have a BLESSED week!

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  5. Powerful, profound, and precise.

    Thanks for sharing it with me. Love you.

    peace~elaine

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  6. How very true - such powerful thoughts. Hope you are doing well and enjoying summer. This is a great quote to remember amid the "laziness" of summer....

    Have a great week -

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  7. Words of truth and wisdom there!!!
    I'm slouching over the indiscipline of lost self-control. My nail was hit on my head a little! :)

    Love ya girl!
    Tell that boy of yours I'm ready for another cool quote!

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  8. Wow! Wow. My prayer is for ears to hear, eyes to see, and a heart to do His will.

    Powerful quote!

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  9. Love that quote. So much truth in there.

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