Quotemeal: Nov. 2nd, 1956

Friday, November 2, 1956

"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

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"Sin is like quicksand: Your own efforts only make you sink deeper. Only an outside hand can pull you out."
— Author Unknown —
"Unwillingness to accept God's "way of escape" from temptation frightens me - what a rebel yet resides within."
— Jim Elliot —
"The chief pang of most trials is not so much the actual suffering itself as our own spirit of resistance to it."
— Jean Nicolas Grou —
"We need to find God, and he cannot be found in noise and restlessness. God is the friend of silence. See how nature — trees, flowers, grass — grows...."
— Mother Teresa —

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Illustration of Morris Alder — "Our prayers are answered not when we are given what we ask but when we are challenged to be what we can be."

Other Devotionals from Heartlight for Friday, November 2, 1956

Morning & Evening
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A daily passage of Scripture emphasizing praise to our God.
'Your Awe-Inspiring Deeds!' (Ps. 145:5-7)
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Unstoppable!
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'We Must Not Make Things Difficult!'
"Everyone [at the Jerusalem meeting about whether Gentile Christians had to follow Jewish customs] listened quietly as Barnabas and Paul told about..."
Praying with Paul
Features the apostle Paul's writings turned into daily, powerful prayers.
'Prayer and Good Deeds' (1 Ti. 2:8-14)
"Dear Father, Let the men of your church pray constantly to you, lifting holy hands without quarreling. May your women adorn themselves modestly and....."

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