Quotemeal: Aug. 19th, 1958

Tuesday, August 19, 1958

"Contentment is not by addition but by subtraction: seeking to add a thing will not bring contentment. Instead, subtracting from your desires until you are satisfied only with Christ brings contentment."
— Jeremiah Burroughs

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"God loves us the way we are but He loves us too much to leave us that way."
— Leighton Ford —
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— Charles H. Spurgeon —
"It is not guided missles, but guided morals, that is our great need today."
— George W. Ford —
"The stream of spontaneous acts of Godly kindness carries us to the sea of contentment and peace."
— Constance Hurst-Howard —

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Illustration of Jeremiah Burroughs — "Contentment is not by addition but by subtraction: seeking to add a thing will not bring contentment. Instead, subtracting from your desires until you are satisfied only with Christ brings contentment."

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