Quotemeal: Aug. 16th, 2019

Friday, August 16, 2019

"The chief pang of most trials is not so much the actual suffering itself as our own spirit of resistance to it."
— Jean Nicolas Grou

More Quotemeal

"God is not interested in our spiritual life. He's interested in our life."
— John Ortberg —
"The Bible tells us to love our neighbours, and also to love our enemies; probably because they are generally the same people."
"Any woodsman can tell you that in a broken and sundered nest, one can hardly expect to find more than a precious few whole eggs. So it is with the family."
"If we would talk less and pray more about them, things would be better than they are in the world: at least, we should be better enabled to bear them."
— John Owen —

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Illustration of Jean Nicolas Grou — "The chief pang of most trials is not so much the actual suffering itself as our own spirit of resistance to it."

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