Quotemeal: Aug. 17th, 2022

Wednesday, August 17, 2022

"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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"I am always content with what happens; for I know that what God chooses is better than what I choose."
— Epictetus —
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— Benjamin Franklin —
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— François Fénelon —
"The value of consistent prayer is not that He will hear us, but that we will hear Him."
— William McGill —

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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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