Quotemeal: Aug. 15th, 1947

Friday, August 15, 1947

"We implore the mercy of God, not that He may leave us at peace in our vices, but that He may deliver us from them."
— Blaise Pascal

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"God is always trying to give good things to us, but our hands are too full to receive them."
— St. Augustine of Hippo —
"This is the true nature of home - it is the place of peace; the shelter, not only from injury, but from all terror, doubt and division."
— John Ruskin —
"We must always speak of the efficacy of the ministry in such a manner that the entire praise of the work may be reserved for God alone."
— John Calvin —
"We must allow the Word of God to confront us, to disturb our security, to undermine our complacency and to overthrow our patterns of thought and behavior."
— John Stott —

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Illustration of Blaise Pascal — "We implore the mercy of God, not that He may leave us at peace in our vices, but that He may deliver us from them."

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