Quotemeal: Feb. 16th, 1960

Tuesday, February 16, 1960

"God usually answers our prayers so much more according to the measure of His own magnificence, than of our asking, that we do not recognize His benefits to be those for which we sought Him."
— Coventry Patmore

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"I find that doing the will of God leaves me with no time for disputing about His plans."
— George MacDonald —
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— Abraham Lincoln —
"Christ is the master; the Scriptures are only the servant."
— Martin Luther —
"Sometimes God has to put us flat on our back before we are looking up to Him."
— Jack Graham —

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Illustration of Coventry Patmore — "God usually answers our prayers so much more according to the measure of His own magnificence, than of our asking, that we do not recognize His benefits to be those for which we sought Him."

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