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Frank E. Peretti QUOTES

Frank E. Peretti QUOTES

1 " the depth of a person's character is not measured by his or her physical strength, but by the depth of his or her nobility. "

― Frank E. Peretti

2 " I am free. I am ransomed. I've never felt this way before, like a slave set free who was born a slave and never knew what freedom was like. "

― Frank E. Peretti , Piercing the Darkness (Darkness, #2)

3 " Sin is the monster we love to deny. It can stalk us, bite a slice out of our lives, return again and again, and even as we bleed and hobble, we prefer to believe nothing has happened. In Jesus Christ we are forgiven and empowered to overcome sin...but toying with an animal that is actually toying with us is a sure way to lose part of ourselves. "

― Frank E. Peretti , The Oath

4 " Don't worry about getting perfect, just keep getting better. "

― Frank E. Peretti , Illusion

5 " If you've ever been there, you've never forgotten. The feeling is as haunting and familiar as the smell of a junior high school locker room. "

― Frank E. Peretti

6 " So what do you do for a living? Staying alive is nice, but you can't do that forever. It's how you live the life you have while you have it. "

― Frank E. Peretti , Monster

7 " No amount of lies, no matter how cleverly couched, will ever outstrip or outlast God’s truth, nor will any lie ever outreach His grace. The Lord knows those who are His, His sheep hear His voice, and the arm of the Lord is never so short that He cannot save. "

― Frank E. Peretti , Piercing the Darkness (Darkness, #2)

8 " TAL HAD TO laugh. Hardly presentable! Wasn’t it strange, the way humans looked at themselves with eyes of flesh and not of the Spirit? Certainly that dear woman had been through mire and filth of every degree; she was scarred, exhausted, ragged, and dirty. But to the angels, she appeared as God Himself saw her, just as any other redeemed saint of the living God: pure, shining, clean, dressed in garments as white as snow. "

― Frank E. Peretti , Piercing the Darkness (Darkness, #2)

9 " I'm here, Satan," he said. "I can't see you, and maybe you can move faster than I can, but I'm still here, and by the grace of God and the power of the Holy Spirit I intend to be a thorn in your side until one of us has had enough! "

― Frank E. Peretti , This Present Darkness (Darkness, #1)

10 " But the transition from the New York Times to the Ashton Clarion was like jumping off a speeding train into a wall of half-set Jell-O. "

― Frank E. Peretti , This Present Darkness (Darkness, #1)

11 " I will go to the saints first. Already there is plenty in Bacon’s Corner for them to be upset about, plenty to divide them. I will keep them busy censuring and smiting each other, and then their hearts will be far from praying.” He "

― Frank E. Peretti , Piercing the Darkness (Darkness, #2)

12 " But kids like us grow up and need our own relationship with God, forged in the heart through time and experience, not draped around us by the church we attend. We need to know God for ourselves, not secondhand. "

― Frank E. Peretti , The Visitation

13 " SIN IS THE MONSTER we love to deny. It can stalk us, bite a slice out of our lives, return again and bite again, and even as we bleed and hobble, we prefer to believe nothing has happened. That makes sin the perfect monster, a man-eater that blinds and numbs its victims, convincing them that nothing is wrong and there is no need to flee, and then consumes them at its leisure. "

― Frank E. Peretti , The Oath

14 " Brummel was a man somewhere in his thirties, single, a one-time hotshot city cop with a big buck lifestyle that belied his policeman’s salary. He always came on like a likable guy, but Marshall never really trusted him. Come to think of it, he didn’t like him that much either. Too much teeth showing for no reason. "

― Frank E. Peretti , This Present Darkness (Darkness, #1)

15 " Crime was up, especially among the youth; simple, common trust in one’s neighbor was diminishing; never had the town been so full of rumors, scandals, and malicious gossip. In the shadow of fear and suspicion, life here was gradually losing its joy and simplicity, and no one seemed to know why or how. "

― Frank E. Peretti , This Present Darkness (Darkness, #1)

16 " So why should he even bother himself with this? The answer came to his mind: Because what happened to Annie Brewer was evil and evil prevails when good men do nothing. "

― Frank E. Peretti , Prophet

17 " Nevertheless, as we follow the invisible warfare swirling around the life of one wounded, searching sinner, the core message rings clear: No amount of lies, no matter how cleverly couched, will ever outstrip or outlast God’s truth, nor will any lie ever outreach His grace. The Lord knows those who are His, His sheep hear His voice, and the arm of "

― Frank E. Peretti , Piercing the Darkness (Darkness, #2)

18 " I feel an obligation toward God to be as honest as I can. I'm human, sir, and I'll admit the Truth can be painful at times, and even a little elusive, but... as best as I can, I must speak the Truth and address things as they are. I don't feel I have any right to take the Truth and cut it up, rearrange it, select what I want and delete what I want just so it'll align with my politics or my Accounting Department." - John Barrett Jr. "

― Frank E. Peretti , Prophet

19 " The Strongman continued his mental review. “And the petty little saints in the town were . . . obscure, don’t you see, far from help, far from the mainstream, alone amid the rolling farmlands . . . unknown. It was a perfect place to begin the process.” His beastly face grew tight and bitter. “Until they started praying. Until they ceased being so comfortable and started weeping before God! Until they began to reclaim the power of the . . .” The Strongman sealed his lips. “The Cross?” the aide volunteered. "

― Frank E. Peretti , Piercing the Darkness (Darkness, #2)

20 " So what do you do while you’re living? Staying alive is nice, but you can’t do that forever. It’s how you live the life you have while you have it. "

― Frank E. Peretti , Monster