Quotemeal: Feb. 16th, 1956

Thursday, February 16, 1956

"God usually answers our prayers so much more according to the measure of His own magnificence, than of our asking, that we do not recognize His benefits to be those for which we sought Him."
— Coventry Patmore

More Quotemeal

"Obedience is the fruit of faith; patience, the bloom on the fruit."
Rossetti
"Talents are best nurtured in solitude: character is best formed in the stormy billows of the world."
Goethe
"Think of these things: whence you came, where you are going, and to whom you must account."
"Why is there so much running to and fro to meetings, conventions, fellowship gatherings and yet so little time for prayer?"
Andrew Bonar

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Illustration of Coventry Patmore — "God usually answers our prayers so much more according to the measure of His own magnificence, than of our asking, that we do not recognize His benefits to be those for which we sought Him."

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