Quotemeal: Aug. 17th, 1958

Sunday, August 17, 1958

"Perhaps one reason God delays His answers to our prayers is because He knows we need to be with Him far more than we need the things we ask of Him."
— Ben Patterson

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"A man can no more diminish God's glory by refusing to worship Him than a lunatic can put out the sun by scribbling the word 'darkness' on the walls of his cell."
— C. S. Lewis —
"A godly man is a praying man."
— Thomas Watson —
"Hope is the word which God has written on the brow of every man."
— Victor Hugo —
"God can change our circumstances, but sometimes He waits for us to show real desire for change as well as our faith in Him."
— Anne Graham Lotz —

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Illustration of Ben Patterson — "Perhaps one reason God delays His answers to our prayers is because He knows we need to be with Him far more than we need the things we ask of Him."

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