Quotemeal: Aug. 17th, 2006

Thursday, August 17, 2006

"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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"He who is threatened by another's faith is not secure in his own."
— Sheila Matechuk —
"What soap is to the body, tears are for the soul."
— Jewish Proverb —
"An unschooled man who knows how to meditate upon the Lord has learned far more than the man with the highest education who does not know how to meditate."
— Charles Stanley —
"The reason that most major goals are not achieved is that we spend our time doing second things first."
— Robert J. McKain —

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Illustration of Ben Patterson — "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."

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