Quotemeal: Aug. 17th, 1954

Tuesday, August 17, 1954

"Perhaps one reason God delays His answers to our prayers is because He knows we need to be with Him far more than we need the things we ask of Him."
— Ben Patterson

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"The soul of the Christian religion is reverence."
— Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe —
"The truly generous is the truly wise, and he who loves not others, lives unblest."
— Henry Home —
"Be faithful in the little practices of love which will build in you the life of holiness and make you Christlike."
— Mother Teresa —
"I would not give one moment of heaven for all the joy and riches of the world, even if it lasted for thousands and thousands of years."
— Martin Luther —

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Illustration of Ben Patterson — "Perhaps one reason God delays His answers to our prayers is because He knows we need to be with Him far more than we need the things we ask of Him."

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