Quotemeal: Jan. 16th, 1957

Wednesday, January 16, 1957

"Quit sweating, quit wrestling. It is not TRY but TRUST."
— John G. Lake

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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 —
"The test of a preacher is that his congregation goes away saying, not, "What a lovely sermon!" but, "I will do something!""
— Francis of Sales —
"If people only knew how they might cheer some lonely heart or lift up some drooping spirit, or speak some word that shall be lasting in its effects for all..."
— Dwight L. Moody —
"Repentance is a change of willing, of feeling and of living, in respect to God."
— Charles Finney —

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Illustration of John G. Lake — "Quit sweating, quit wrestling. It is not TRY but TRUST."

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