Quotemeal: Aug. 17th, 2002

Saturday, August 17, 2002

"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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"People need to be reminded more often than they need to be instructed."
— Samuel Johnson —
"Thou who hast given so much to me, give me one more thing - a grateful heart!"
— George Herbert —
"Apart from God every activity is merely a passing whiff of insignificance."
— Alfred North Whitehead —
"The most valuable thing the Psalms do for me is to express the same delight in God which made David dance."
— C. S. Lewis —

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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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