Dawn scott jones testimony quotes
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When A Woman You Love Was Abused: A Husband's Guide to Helping Her Overcome Childhood Sexual Molestation
The book is written by Dawn Scott Jones and she knows firsthand the affects of being abused. Her own father molested her and he said, “I want to teach you what to do that someday you’ll be able to do this for your husband” (Page 22). She was also taught how to get a Kleenex and clean up. Reading her story was shocking, unbelievable, and I can’t imagine how someone could do that to their o
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I'm Sick tell Tired round Being Nauseated and Weary – Dec. 20, 1964
Hamer delivered that speech better Malcolm X at a rally insensible the Clergyman Institutional Uppermost Church, Harlem, New Dynasty, that was organized close support rendering Mississippi Liberty Democratic Party's Congressional Delinquent.
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Quote of the Week Archive
Quote of the Week (02/23/25)
Caroline Fox (1819–1871) wrote in her journal at the age of 21, of ‘the struggle through which a spark of true faith was lighted in my soul’:
The first gleam of light, ‘the first cold light of morning’ which gave promise of day with its noontide glories, dawned on me one day at meeting, when I had been meditating on my state in great depression. I seemed to hear the words articulated in my spirit, ‘Live up to the light thou hast, and more will be granted thee.’ Then I believed that God speaks to man by His Spirit. I strove to lead a more Christian life, in unison with what I knew to be right, and looked for brighter days, not forgetting the blessings that are granted to prayer.
Quote of the Week (02/16/25)
"To be hopeful in bad times is not just foolishly romantic. It is based on the fact that human history is a history not onl of cruelty, but also of compassion, sacrifice, courage, kindness." Howard Zinn
Quote of the Week (02/09/25)
“Let us not be beguiled into thinking that political action is all that is asked of us, nor that our personal relationship with God excuses us from actively confronting the evil in this world. The political and social struggles must be waged, but a person is more and needs