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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"Intercessory prayer might be defined as loving our neighbor on our knees."
— Charles Brent —
"Jesus the very thought of Thee|With sweetness fills my breast;|But sweeter far Thy face to see|And in Thy presence rest."
— Bernard of Clairvaux —
"We find not in the Gospel, that Christ hath anywhere provided for the uniformity of churches, but only for their unity."
— Roger Williams —
"God writes straight with crooked lines."
— Spanish Proverb —

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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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