Quotemeal: Jan. 16th, 2009

Friday, January 16, 2009

"Quit sweating, quit wrestling. It is not TRY but TRUST."
— John G. Lake

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"I more fear what is within me than what comes from without."
— Martin Luther —
"Unwillingness to accept God's "way of escape" from temptation frightens me - what a rebel yet resides within."
— Jim Elliot —
"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 —
"Blessed is the season which engages the whole world in a conspiracy of love."
— Hamilton Wright Mabi —

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Illustration of John G. Lake — "Quit sweating, quit wrestling. It is not TRY but TRUST."

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