Quotemeal: Apr. 24th, 2009

Friday, April 24, 2009

"Do not pray for tasks equal to your powers. Pray for powers equal to your tasks. Then the doing of your work shall be no miracle, but you yourself shall be the miracle."
— Phillips Brooks

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"True thanksgiving means that we need to thank God for what He has done for us, and not to tell Him what we have done for Him.|"
— George R. Hendrick —
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— Morris Alder —
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— Calvin Miller —
"God is looking for those with whom He can do the impossible — what a pity that we plan only the things that we can do by ourselves."
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Illustration of Phillips Brooks — "Do not pray for tasks equal to your powers. Pray for powers equal to your tasks. Then the doing of your work shall be no miracle, but you yourself shall be the miracle."

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