Quotemeal: Aug. 17th, 2021

Tuesday, August 17, 2021

"Our misery is that we thirst so little for these sublime things, and so much for the mocking trifles of time and space."
— Charles H. Spurgeon

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"One must always maintain one's connection to the past and yet ceaselessly pull away from it."
— Gaston Bachelard —
"Once you become aware that the main business that you are here for is to know God, most of life's problems fall into place of their own accord."
— J. I. Packer —
"The discussion of prayer is so great that it requires the Father to reveal it, His firstborn Word to teach it, and the Spirit to enable us to think and speak..."
— Origen —
"If God were small enough to be understood, He would not be big enough to be worshiped."
— Evelyn Underhill —

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Illustration of Charles H. Spurgeon — "Our misery is that we thirst so little for these sublime things, and so much for the mocking trifles of time and space."

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

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