Quotemeal: May. 21st, 1955

Saturday, May 21, 1955

"The childish idea that prayer is a handle by which we can take hold of God and obtain whatever we desire, leads to easy disillusionment with both what we had thought to be God and what we had thought to be prayer."
— Robert L. Short

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Illustration of Robert L. Short — "The childish idea that prayer is a handle by which we can take hold of God and obtain whatever we desire, leads to easy disillusionment with both what we had thought to be God and what we had thought to be prayer."

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