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1 " Satan is a liar. He wants to steal our joy and replace it with hopelessness. When we're up against a struggle and we think we can't keep going, we can change that by praising God. Our chains will fall from us.Meese encouraged me by reminding me of the real reason we have for fully living this life. It's to give everything we have to God--even the heartbreaks and pain. God is our reason to live. "
― Don Piper , 90 Minutes in Heaven: A True Story of Death and Life
2 " I woke up to singing and found myself singing too "
3 " I didn't just hear music. It seemed as if I were part of the music. "
4 " Unworthy as I am, he allowed me to go to heaven, and I know the next time I go there, I’ll stay. "
5 " Some things happen to us from which we never recover, and they disrupt the normalcy of our lives. That's how life is. Human nature has a tendency to try to reconstruct old ways and pick up where we left off. If we're wise, we won't continue to go back to the way things were (we can't anyway). We must instead forget the old standard and accept a 'new normal. "
6 " I refer to them as miracles-although some may call them fortunate circumstances-because I believe there are no accidents or surprises with God. "
7 " I've learned that if I stay busy, especially by helping others, I don't think about my pain. In an odd way, my pain is its own therapy. I intend to go on until I can't go anymore. "
― Don Piper
8 " Satan is a liar. He wants to steal our joy and replace it with hopelessness. When we're up against a struggle and we think we can't keep going, we can change that by praising God. Our chains will fall from us.Meese encouraged me by reminding me of the "
9 " God still answers prayers, God still performs miracles. Heaven is real. "
10 " I have absolutely no fear of death. Why would I? There's nothing to fear-only joy to experience. "
11 " I had seen my refusal as not wanting to impose; they saw my change as giving them an opportunity to help. "
12 " As long as I'm here on earth, God still has a purpose for me. "
13 " He is your God, the one who is worthy of your praise, the one who has done mighty miracles that you yourself have seen. "
14 " In trying to be strong for them, I had cheated them out of opportunities to strengthen me. Guilt overwhelmed me, because I could-at last-see their gifts to me.The shame flowed all over me, and I began to cry. This is their ministry, I thought, and I've been spoiling it. I felt such intense shame over not letting them help. When I finally did open up, I witnessed a drastic "
15 " Just as it was necessary to reinflate my lungs to overcome pneumonia, I needed the breath of God to help me overcome the depression of my spirit.I "
16 " One question keeps troubling me: Why?. . . The short answer: I don't know. and yet that single word, why, remains the consummate human query. By nature, we're curious. We want to know. "
17 " When you start to "fall down the stairs" there is that moment when you realize that you have no control over what is going on. You simply experience the plunge and see where it takes you. "
18 " Some may not believe my account; they may think it was some kind of wish fulfillment during a point of severe trauma. I don't have to defend my experience. I know what happened to me. For those of us whose faith is in the reality of heaven, no amount of evidence is necessary. "
19 " When we’re up against a struggle and we think we can’t keep going, we can change that by praising God. "
20 " That's perhaps the biggest miracle: People prayed and God honored their prayers.As "
