Quotemeal: Apr. 27th, 1954

Tuesday, April 27, 1954

"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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"Live as though Christ died yesterday, rose from the grave today, and is coming back tomorrow."
Theodore Epp

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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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