Quotemeal: Aug. 17th, 1962

Friday, August 17, 1962

"Perhaps one reason God delays His answers to our prayers is because He knows we need to be with Him far more than we need the things we ask of Him."
— Ben Patterson

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"Prayer is exhaling the spirit of man and inhaling the spirit of God."
— Edwin Keith —
"The great thing, and the only thing, is to adore and praise God."
— Thomas Merton —
"In the New Testament it is the work and not the workers that is glorified."
— Alfred Plummer —
"Concepts create idols, only wonder grasps anything."
— Gregory of Nyssa —

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Illustration of Ben Patterson — "Perhaps one reason God delays His answers to our prayers is because He knows we need to be with Him far more than we need the things we ask of Him."

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