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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"A gem cannot be polished without friction; the child of God cannot be perfected without adversity."
— Author Unknown —
"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 —
"Your heart is not the compass that God steers by."
— Samuel Rutherford —
"We can never hear the warning often enough. The tongue may be small, but oh so deadly when not under the sanctifying grace of God."
— Lin Pearson —

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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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