Quotemeal: Mar. 1st, 1961

Wednesday, March 1, 1961

"We cannot bear sin - when it is near us, we feel like a wretch chained to a rotting carcass; we groan to be free of the hateful thing."
— Charles H. Spurgeon

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"Christianity is not a theory or speculation, but a life; not a philosophy of life, but a living presence."
— Samuel Taylor Coleridge —
"We may be truly said to worship God, though we lack perfection; but we cannot be said to worship Him if we lack sincerity."
— Stephen Charnock —
"Prayer is a wine which makes glad the heart of man."
— Bernard of Clairvaux —
"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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Illustration of Charles H. Spurgeon — "We cannot bear sin - when it is near us, we feel like a wretch chained to a rotting carcass; we groan to be free of the hateful thing."

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Quotemeal is a daily dose of Christian quotes to inspire and encourage.

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