Quotemeal: Jul. 17th, 2004

Saturday, July 17, 2004

"There can be no doubt that possessive clinging to things is one of the most harmful habits in the Christian life. Because it is so natural, it is rarely recognized for the evil that it is. But its outworkings are tragic."
— A. W. Tozer

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"Hindsight is always twenty-twenty."
— Billy Wilder —
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— Winston Churchill —
"Man's extremity is God's opportunity."
— John Flavel —
"We can never hear the warning often enough. The tongue may be small, but oh so deadly when not under the sanctifying grace of God."
— Lin Pearson —

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Illustration of A. W. Tozer — "There can be no doubt that possessive clinging to things is one of the most harmful habits in the Christian life. Because it is so natural, it is rarely recognized for the evil that it is. But its outworkings are tragic."

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