Quotemeal: Oct. 8th, 1949

Saturday, October 8, 1949

"We get our moral bearings by looking at God. We must begin with God. We are right when, and only when, we stand in a right position relative to God, and we are wrong so far and so long as we stand in any other position."
— A. W. Tozer

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Illustration of A. W. Tozer — "We get our moral bearings by looking at God. We must begin with God. We are right when, and only when, we stand in a right position relative to God, and we are wrong so far and so long as we stand in any other position."

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