Quotemeal: Jan. 16th, 2007

Tuesday, January 16, 2007

"I often wonder if my knowledge about God has not become my greatest stumbling block to my knowledge of God."
— Henri Nouwen

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"By perseverance the snail reached the ark."
— Charles H. Spurgeon —
"God never intended His Church to be a refrigerator in which to preserve perishable piety. He intended it to be an incubator in which to hatch our converts."
— F. Lincicome —
"Just as at sea those who are carried away from the direction of the harbor bring themselves back on course by a clear sign, so Scripture may guide those adrift...."
— St. Gregory of Nyssa —
"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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Illustration of Henri Nouwen — "I often wonder if my knowledge about God has not become my greatest stumbling block to my knowledge of God."

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