Quotemeal: Apr. 27th, 1958

Sunday, April 27, 1958

"It is easy to want things from the Lord and yet not want the Lord Himself, as though the gift could ever be preferable to the Giver."
— St. Augustine of Hippo

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"The past, with its pleasures, its rewards, its foolishness, its punishments, is there for each of us forever, and it should be."
— Lillian Hellman —
"He who waits to do a great deal of good at once, will never do anything."
— Samuel Johnson —
"The primary object of prayer is to know God better; we and our needs should come second."
— Florence Allshorn —
"The tragedy of life and of the world is not that men do not know God; the tragedy is that, knowing Him, they still insist on going their own way."
— William Barclay —

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Illustration of St. Augustine of Hippo — "It is easy to want things from the Lord and yet not want the Lord Himself, as though the gift could ever be preferable to the Giver."

Other Devotionals from Heartlight for Sunday, April 27, 1958

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"Though the Lord is great, he cares for the humble, but he keeps his distance from the proud."
Morning & Evening
The classic twice-daily devotional from Charles H. Spurgeon.
Evening Thought: John 6:37
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