Quotemeal: Oct. 2nd, 2025

Thursday, October 2, 2025

"A ship in harbor is safe, but that is not what ships are built for."
— William Shedd

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"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 —
"We may be truly said to worship God, though we lack perfection; but we cannot be said to worship Him if we lack sincerity."
— Stephen Charnock —
"All effective fathers learn the importance of a wise and flexible response to their children's calls for attention. No busy signals here. No "hold" button."
— Gordon McDonald —
"God did not write a book and send it by messenger to be read at a distance by unaided minds. He spoke a Book and lives in His spoken words, constantly speaking...."
— A. W. Tozer —

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Illustration of William Shedd — "A ship in harbor is safe, but that is not what ships are built for."

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