Quotemeal: Aug. 9th, 1963

Friday, August 9, 1963

"God tolerates even our stammering, and pardons our ignorance whenever something inadvertently escapes us — as, indeed, without this mercy there would be no freedom to pray."
— John Calvin

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"Sanctification is glory begun. Glory is sanctification completed."
— F. F. Bruce —
"Every time you trust God's wisdom and do whatever he says, even when you don't understand it, you deepen your friendship with God."
— Rick Warren —
"The human race is divided into two classes — those who go ahead and do something, and those who sit still and inquire, "Why wasn't it done the other way?""
— Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. —
"Christ is with those of humble mind, not with those who exalt themselves over his flock."
— Clement of Rome —

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Illustration of John Calvin — "God tolerates even our stammering, and pardons our ignorance whenever something inadvertently escapes us — as, indeed, without this mercy there would be no freedom to pray."

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