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When I met Christ, I felt that I had swallowed sunshine.

E. Stanley Jones

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E. Stanley Jones
Age: 89 †
Born: 1884
Born: January 3
Died: 1973
Died: January 25
Missionary
Theologian
Baltimore
Maryland
Eli Stanley Jones
Swallowed
Sunshine
Mets
Christ
Felt

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A nail-pierced hand holds the sceptre of the universe, and my knees bend before him.
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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.
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Be so preoccupied with good will that you haven't room for ill will.
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The conscious mind determines the actions, the unconscious mind determines the reactions and the reactions are just as important as the actions.
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The God I find in Christ is a God who overcomes evil with good, hate by love, and the world by a cross.
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No person is free until he or she is free at the center. When we let go there, we are free indeed. When the self is renounced, then one stands utterly disillusioned, apart, asking for nothing. If anything comes to us, it is all sheer gain. Then life becomes one constant surprise.
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