Quotemeal: Sep. 14th, 2010

Tuesday, September 14, 2010

"The trouble with nearly everybody who prays is that he says "Amen" and runs away before God has a chance to reply. Listening to God is far more important than giving Him your ideas."
— Frank Laubach

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"Earth hath no sorrow that heaven cannot heal."
Thomas Moore
"If man is not made for God, why is he not happy except in God? If man is made for God, why is he so opposed to God?"
"If we would talk less and pray more about them, things would be better than they are in the world: at least, we should be better enabled to bear them."
John Owen
"Sometimes God doesn't tell us His plan because we wouldn't believe it anyway."

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Illustration of Frank Laubach — "The trouble with nearly everybody who prays is that he says "Amen" and runs away before God has a chance to reply. Listening to God is far more important than giving Him your ideas."

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Quotemeal is a daily dose of Christian quotes to inspire and encourage.