Quotemeal: Aug. 17th, 1966

Wednesday, August 17, 1966

"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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"And what greater calamity can fall upon a nation than the loss of worship."
— Ralph Waldo Emerson —
"We may be truly said to worship God, though we lack perfection; but we cannot be said to worship Him if we lack sincerity."
— Stephen Charnock —
"What you do when you don't have to, determines what you will be when you can no longer help it."
— Rudyard Kipling —
"Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see the shadow."
— Helen Keller —

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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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