Quotemeal: May. 1st, 1956

Tuesday, May 1, 1956

"The prayers and supplications that Christ offered up were, joined with strong cries and tears, herein setting us example not only to pray, but to be fervent and importunate in prayer. How many dry prayers, how few wet ones, do we offer up to God!"
— Matthew Henry

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"The best is yet to be."
— John Wesley —
"Our prayers are answered not when we are given what we ask but when we are challenged to be what we can be."
— Morris Alder —
"O Lord, forgive what I have been, sanctify what I am, and order what I shall be."
— Thomas Wilson —
"There are two ways to get enough: one is to continue to accumulate more and more. The other is to desire less."
— G. K. Chesterton —

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Illustration of Matthew Henry — "The prayers and supplications that Christ offered up were, joined with strong cries and tears, herein setting us example not only to pray, but to be fervent and importunate in prayer. How many dry prayers, how few wet ones, do we offer up to God!"

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

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