Quotemeal: Feb. 16th, 1948

Monday, February 16, 1948

"God usually answers our prayers so much more according to the measure of His own magnificence, than of our asking, that we do not recognize His benefits to be those for which we sought Him."
— Coventry Patmore

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"Christianity isn't all that complicated … it's Jesus."
— Joni Eareckson Tada —
"When led by the Spirit, the child of God must be as ready to wait as to go, as prepared to be silent as to speak."
— Lewis Sperry Chafer —
"The gospel is so simple that simple children can understand it, and it is so profound that studies by the wisest theologians will never exhaust its riches."
— Charles Hodge —
"I can contribute nothing to my own salvation, except the sin from which I need to be redeemed."
— William Temple —

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Illustration of Coventry Patmore — "God usually answers our prayers so much more according to the measure of His own magnificence, than of our asking, that we do not recognize His benefits to be those for which we sought Him."

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