Quotemeal: Aug. 22nd, 2004

Sunday, August 22, 2004

"Nothing will ever be attempted, if all possible objections must first be overcome."
— Samuel Johnson

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"The main object of religion is not to get a man into heaven, but to get heaven into him."
— Thomas Hardy —
"Wealth and riches, that is, an estate above what sufficeth our real occasions and necessities, is in no other sense a 'blessing' than as it is an opportunity..."
— John Tillotson —
"God doesn't always smooth the path, but sometimes he puts springs in the wagon."
— Marshall Lucas —
"A man can no more diminish God's glory by refusing to worship Him than a lunatic can put out the sun by scribbling the word 'darkness' on the walls of his cell."
— C. S. Lewis —

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Illustration of Samuel Johnson — "Nothing will ever be attempted, if all possible objections must first be overcome."

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God's Holy Fire
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Praying with Paul
Features the apostle Paul's writings turned into daily, powerful prayers.
'Extinguishing Evil' (Co. 3:5-17)
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