“I knew from my work in the church how important a role tears play in making a man whole.”
― The Cross and the Switchblade
― The Cross and the Switchblade
“God didn’t promise to give you a painless way of life: He promised you a way of escape. He promised you help to bear your pain and to give you strength to put you back on your feet when weakness makes you stagger.”
― Have You Felt Like Giving Up Lately?: Finding Hope and Healing When You Feel Discouraged
― Have You Felt Like Giving Up Lately?: Finding Hope and Healing When You Feel Discouraged
“When you strip it of everything else, Pentecost stands for power and life. That's what came into the church when the Holy Spirit came down on the day of Pentecost.”
― The Cross and the Switchblade
― The Cross and the Switchblade
“After much prayer, careful study and reliance on the Holy Spirit, I have concluded this about Christ’s intercession for us. Jesus died on the cross to purchase peace with God for me – and He is in heaven now to maintain that peace, for me and in me.”
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“The Holy Spirit is in charge here.
We should write it for all to see on the lintels of every doorway we build. But since that might seem like so many words, we will do better: we will write it in our lives. And in all the lives we can reach out to and touch and inspire with the living Spirit of God.”
― The Cross and the Switchblade
We should write it for all to see on the lintels of every doorway we build. But since that might seem like so many words, we will do better: we will write it in our lives. And in all the lives we can reach out to and touch and inspire with the living Spirit of God.”
― The Cross and the Switchblade
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