Quotemeal: Apr. 27th, 2026

Monday, April 27, 2026

"It is easy to want things from the Lord and yet not want the Lord Himself, as though the gift could ever be preferable to the Giver."
— St. Augustine of Hippo

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— Mark Finley —
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— Joseph L. Whitten —
"The gospel is so simple that simple children can understand it, and it is so profound that studies by the wisest theologians will never exhaust its riches."
— Charles Hodge —
"The Lord gets his best soldiers out of the highlands of affliction."
— Charles H. Spurgeon —

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Illustration of St. Augustine of Hippo — "It is easy to want things from the Lord and yet not want the Lord Himself, as though the gift could ever be preferable to the Giver."

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