Quotemeal: Aug. 19th, 1954

Thursday, August 19, 1954

Multiplication of Ministry: Year-End Information

Key dates and details about our year-end ministry transition and financial support.

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"Contentment is not by addition but by subtraction: seeking to add a thing will not bring contentment. Instead, subtracting from your desires until you are satisfied only with Christ brings contentment."
— Jeremiah Burroughs

More Quotemeal

"Nothing worth doing is completed in our lifetime; therefore we must be saved by hope."
"The sweetest of all sounds is praise."
— Xenophon —
"The will of God will not take us where the grace of God cannot sustain us."
— Billy Graham —
"The essence of temptation is the invitation to live independently of God."

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Illustration of Jeremiah Burroughs — "Contentment is not by addition but by subtraction:  seeking to add a thing will not bring contentment.  Instead, subtracting from your desires until you are satisfied only with Christ brings contentment."

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Quotemeal is a daily dose of Christian quotes to inspire and encourage.