Quotemeal: Aug. 9th, 2019

Friday, August 9, 2019

"God tolerates even our stammering, and pardons our ignorance whenever something inadvertently escapes us — as, indeed, without this mercy there would be no freedom to pray."
— John Calvin

More Quotemeal

"Wicked men obey from fear; good men, from love."
Aristotle
"If you have been tempted into evil, fly from it. It is not falling into the water, but lying in it, that drowns."
"The face is the mirror of the mind, and eyes without speaking confess the secrets of the heart."
St. Jerome
"The beautiful thing about this adventure called faith is that we can count on Him never to lead us astray."

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Illustration of John Calvin — "God tolerates even our stammering, and pardons our ignorance whenever something inadvertently escapes us — as, indeed, without this mercy there would be no freedom to pray."

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