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Holy Desperation,: How to Find God When You Need Him Most (Inspirational Messages of Spiritual Truths and Holy Living) QUOTES

1 " Junior bit the meter man, Junior kicked the cook; junior is anti-social now, according to the book.  Junior smashed the clock and lamp; Junior hacked the tree. Destructive trends are treated in chapters two and three.  Junior threw his milk at mom; Junior screamed for more. Notes on self-assertiveness are found in chapter four. Junior tossed his shoes and socks out into the rain; negation that, and normal. Disregard the stain. Junior got in Grandpop’s room, tore up his fishing line. That’s the inattention, see page 89. But, Grandpop seized the slipper and yanked Junior ‘cross his knee, ‘cause Grandpop hadn’t read a book since 1893. "

― Vance Havner , Holy Desperation,: How to Find God When You Need Him Most (Inspirational Messages of Spiritual Truths and Holy Living)

2 " Teddy Roosevelt, during the First World War, used to talk about hyphenated Americans. He was talking about German-Americans who had a divided allegiance, and he said, “If you’re an American and something else, you’re not an American. "

― Vance Havner , Holy Desperation,: How to Find God When You Need Him Most (Inspirational Messages of Spiritual Truths and Holy Living)

3 " Nothing under the sun can be as dry and flat and tedious and exhausting as religious work without the wonder. "

― Vance Havner , Holy Desperation,: How to Find God When You Need Him Most (Inspirational Messages of Spiritual Truths and Holy Living)

4 " I don’t believe God is going to fill anybody with the Holy Spirit until the purpose of their heart is to glorify Jesus and to glorify God. "

― Vance Havner , Holy Desperation,: How to Find God When You Need Him Most (Inspirational Messages of Spiritual Truths and Holy Living)

5 " The Saturday Review is not a church paper. It’s a secular paper. But, the other day, it said, “The desensitization of 20th century man is more than a danger to the general safety. There are some things we have no business ever getting used to. "

― Vance Havner , Holy Desperation,: How to Find God When You Need Him Most (Inspirational Messages of Spiritual Truths and Holy Living)

6 " those who are desperate enough to know Him, seek Him, and obey Him will find themselves enjoying a richer and fuller life in Christ. "

― Vance Havner , Holy Desperation,: How to Find God When You Need Him Most (Inspirational Messages of Spiritual Truths and Holy Living)

7 " A church may have the bones of organization and sound theology.  It may have the body of a large membership.  But, if the breath of the Holy Spirit is not on it and in it, then it is only Sardis, having a name to be alive but dead. "

― Vance Havner , Holy Desperation,: How to Find God When You Need Him Most (Inspirational Messages of Spiritual Truths and Holy Living)

8 " there’s where faith comes in, receive it just like you did for salvation, according to God’s word, according to God’s will, according to your need, and according to your faith. God will answer any prayer that’s according to those four. "

― Vance Havner , Holy Desperation,: How to Find God When You Need Him Most (Inspirational Messages of Spiritual Truths and Holy Living)

9 " Somebody said there are three kinds of lies: black lies, white lies, and statistics. "

― Vance Havner , Holy Desperation,: How to Find God When You Need Him Most (Inspirational Messages of Spiritual Truths and Holy Living)

10 " When I stand at the judgment seat of Christ, and He shows me His plan for me, the plan of my life as it might have been had He had His way, and I see how I blocked Him here and I checked Him there, and I would not yield my will, will there be grief in my Savior’s eyes, grief, though he loves me still? He would have me rich, and I stand there poor, stripped of all but His grace while memory runs like a hunted thing down the path I cannot retrace. Then my desolate heart will well nigh break with the tears that I cannot shed. I shall cover my face with my empty hands. I shall bow my inclined head. Lord of the years that are left to me, I give them to Thy hands. Take me and break me and mold me to the pattern Thou hast planned. "

― Vance Havner , Holy Desperation,: How to Find God When You Need Him Most (Inspirational Messages of Spiritual Truths and Holy Living)

11 " A Christian is not a depository of the truth; he’s a dispenser of the truth. "

― Vance Havner , Holy Desperation,: How to Find God When You Need Him Most (Inspirational Messages of Spiritual Truths and Holy Living)

12 " We must be careful not to be so scared of getting out on a limb that we never get up the tree. "

― Vance Havner , Holy Desperation,: How to Find God When You Need Him Most (Inspirational Messages of Spiritual Truths and Holy Living)