Quotemeal: Aug. 19th, 1958

Tuesday, August 19, 1958

"Contentment is not by addition but by subtraction: seeking to add a thing will not bring contentment. Instead, subtracting from your desires until you are satisfied only with Christ brings contentment."
— Jeremiah Burroughs

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"If the heart can conceive it, and the mind can believe it, God can achieve it."
— Charles Pollard —
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— Herrik Johnson —
"We must adjust to changing times and still hold to unchanging principles."
— Jimmy Carter —
"Our religious activities should be ordered in such a way as to have plenty of time for the cultivation of the fruits of solitude and silence."
— A. W. Tozer —

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Illustration of Jeremiah Burroughs — "Contentment is not by addition but by subtraction: seeking to add a thing will not bring contentment. Instead, subtracting from your desires until you are satisfied only with Christ brings contentment."

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