Quotemeal: Aug. 17th, 2006

Thursday, August 17, 2006

"Perhaps one reason God delays His answers to our prayers is because He knows we need to be with Him far more than we need the things we ask of Him."
— Ben Patterson

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"Prayer is exhaling the spirit of man and inhaling the spirit of God."
— Edwin Keith —
"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 —
"A Christian cannot help being free, because in the pursuit and attainment of his object, no one can either hinder or retard him."
— Lyof N. Tolstoy —
"If you get busy serving God, you're too busy to sin."
— Chuck Baker —

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Illustration of Ben Patterson — "Perhaps one reason God delays His answers to our prayers is because He knows we need to be with Him far more than we need the things we ask of Him."

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