Quotemeal: Jul. 22nd, 1961

Saturday, July 22, 1961

"God is not interested in our spiritual life. He's interested in our life."
— John Ortberg

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"The prayer closet is the arena which produces the overcomer."
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"The streets of hell are paved with good intentions."
— Mark Twain —
"The chief pang of most trials is not so much the actual suffering itself as our own spirit of resistance to it."
— Jean Nicolas Grou —
"God gives us just enough to seek him, and never enough to fully find Him. To do more would inhibit our freedom, and our freedom is very dear to God."
— Ron Hansen —

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Illustration of John Ortberg — "God is not interested in our spiritual life. He's interested in our life."

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