Quotemeal: Aug. 17th, 2010

Tuesday, August 17, 2010

"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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"By perseverance the snail reached the ark."
— Charles H. Spurgeon —
"If we seek God for our own good and profit, we are not seeking God."
— Johannes Eckhart —
"Steadfastness in believing doth not exclude all temptations from without. When we say a tree is firmly rooted, we do not say the wind never blows upon it."
— John Owen —
"An idol of the mind is as offensive to God as an idol of the hand."
— A. W. Tozer —

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Illustration of Ben Patterson — "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."

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