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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"The one true way of dying to self is the way of patience, meekness, humility, and resignation to God."
— Andrew Murray —
"Understanding is the reward of faith. Therefore seek not to understand that you may believe, but believe that you may understand."
— St. Augustine of Hippo —
"Pride is tasteless, colorless and sizeless. Yet it is the hardest thing to swallow."
— August B. Black —
"When I survey the wondrous cross,|On which the Prince of Glory died,|My richest gain I count but loss,|And pour contempt on all my pride."
— Isaac Watts —

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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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