Quotemeal: Dec. 29th, 2008

Monday, December 29, 2008

"Once you become aware that the main business that you are here for is to know God, most of life's problems fall into place of their own accord."
— J. I. Packer

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"A gem cannot be polished without friction; the child of God cannot be perfected without adversity."
— Author Unknown —
"We may be truly said to worship God, though we lack perfection; but we cannot be said to worship Him if we lack sincerity."
— Stephen Charnock —
"Understanding is the reward of faith. Therefore seek not to understand that you may believe, but believe that you may understand."
— St. Augustine of Hippo —
"The longer you delay, the more your sin gets strength and rooting. If you cannot bend a twig, how will you be able to bend it when it is a tree?"
— Richard Baxter —

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Illustration of J. I. Packer — "Once you become aware that the main business that you are here for is to know God, most of life's problems fall into place of their own accord."

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