Quotemeal: Jan. 16th, 2017

Monday, January 16, 2017

"Quit sweating, quit wrestling. It is not TRY but TRUST."
— John G. Lake

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"We read not that Christ ever exercised force but once; and that was to drive profane ones out of his Temple, not to force them in."
— John Milton —
"Since He hath looked upon me my heart is not my own. He hath run away to heaven with it."
— Samuel Rutherford —
"God has promised forgiveness to your repentance, but He has not promised tomorrow to your procrastination."
— St. Augustine of Hippo —
"The reason that most major goals are not achieved is that we spend our time doing second things first."
— Robert J. McKain —

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Illustration of John G. Lake — "Quit sweating, quit wrestling. It is not TRY but TRUST."

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