Quotemeal: Feb. 16th, 2008

Saturday, February 16, 2008

"God usually answers our prayers so much more according to the measure of His own magnificence, than of our asking, that we do not recognize His benefits to be those for which we sought Him."
— Coventry Patmore

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"When I cannot enjoy the faith of assurance, I live by the faith of adherence."
— Matthew Henry —
"Commitment without reflection is fanaticism in action, though reflection without commitment is the paralysis of all action."
— John Mackay —
"God is most glorified in us when we are most satisfied in Him."
— John Piper —
"One is a Christian 7/24/365 or he is but a tinkling cymbal."
— Richard H. Jett —

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Illustration of Coventry Patmore — "God usually answers our prayers so much more according to the measure of His own magnificence, than of our asking, that we do not recognize His benefits to be those for which we sought Him."

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