Quotemeal: Aug. 9th, 1955

Tuesday, August 9, 1955

"God tolerates even our stammering, and pardons our ignorance whenever something inadvertently escapes us — as, indeed, without this mercy there would be no freedom to pray."
— John Calvin

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"True thanksgiving means that we need to thank God for what He has done for us, and not to tell Him what we have done for Him.|"
— George R. Hendrick —
"Even if it's a little thing, do something for those who have need of help, something for which you get no pay but the privilege of doing it."
— Albert Schweitzer —
"Pride is the utter poverty of soul disguised as riches, imaginary light where in fact there is darkness."
— John Climacus —
"We can never hear the warning often enough. The tongue may be small, but oh so deadly when not under the sanctifying grace of God."
— Lin Pearson —

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Illustration of John Calvin — "God tolerates even our stammering, and pardons our ignorance whenever something inadvertently escapes us — as, indeed, without this mercy there would be no freedom to pray."

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