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To pass from estrangement from God to be a son of God is the basic fact of conversion. That altered relationship with God gives you an altered relationship with yourself, with your brother man, with nature, with the universe.
E. Stanley Jones
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E. Stanley Jones
Age: 89 †
Born: 1884
Born: January 3
Died: 1973
Died: January 25
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A nail-pierced hand holds the sceptre of the universe, and my knees bend before him.
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When prayer fades out, power fades out. We are as spiritual as we are prayerful no more, no less.
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The opponent strikes you on your cheek, and you strike him on the heart by your amazing spiritual audacity in turning the other cheek. You wrest the offensive from him by refusing to take his weapons, by keeping your own, and by striking him in his conscience from a higher level. He hits you physically, and you hit him spiritually.
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