Quotemeal: Aug. 27th, 2008

Wednesday, August 27, 2008

"Prayer does not enable us to do a greater work for God. Prayer is a greater work for God."
— Thomas Chalmers

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"Intercessory prayer might be defined as loving our neighbor on our knees."
— Charles Brent —
"If I was a nightingale I would sing like a nightingale; if a swan, like a swan. But since I am a rational creature my role is to praise God."
— Epictetus —
"Understanding is knowing what to do; wisdom is knowing what to do next; virtue is actually doing it."
— Tristan Gulberd —
"God does not waste suffering; if he ploughs it is because He purposes a crop."
— J.O.Sanders —

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Illustration of Thomas Chalmers — "Prayer does not enable us to do a greater work for God. Prayer is a greater work for God."

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