Quotemeal: Feb. 17th, 2002

Sunday, February 17, 2002

"The essence of temptation is the invitation to live independently of God."
— Neil Anderson

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"We don't seem to want to worship a God who's too big, too authoritative. We seem more comfortable with a deity who's more manageable."
— Mark Finley —
"Till you can sing and rejoice and delight in God as misers do in gold, and kings in scepters, you can never enjoy the world."
— Thomas Traherne —
"Steadfastness in believing doth not exclude all temptations from without. When we say a tree is firmly rooted, we do not say the wind never blows upon it."
— John Owen —
"Those who are wholly God's are always happy."
— Francois Fenelon —

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Illustration of Neil Anderson — "The essence of temptation is the invitation to live independently of God."

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