Quotemeal: Nov. 2nd, 2004

Tuesday, November 2, 2004

"Our prayers are answered not when we are given what we ask but when we are challenged to be what we can be."
— Morris Alder

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"When God turns away from us because of selfishness, it is not rejection. Rather, it is an invitation to follow Him to a place we would rather not go."
— Brennan Manning —
"Self is the opaque veil that hides the face of God from us. It can be removed only in spiritual experience, never by mere instruction."
— A. W. Tozer —
"To make the improving of our own character our central aim is hardly the highest kind of goodness. True goodness forgets itself and goes out to do the right..."
— Lesslie Newbigin —
"Gratitude is the most fruitful way of deepening your consciousness that you are not an "accident," but a divine choice."
— Henri Nouwen —

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Illustration of Morris Alder — "Our prayers are answered not when we are given what we ask but when we are challenged to be what we can be."

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

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