41 Quotes & Sayings By John M Sheehan

John Sheehan is the award-winning author of five novels, including the best-selling A Little Life (2014) and The Open Door (2013), which was longlisted for the Man Booker Prize. He is also the author of two collections of short stories, a book of poetry, and a nonfiction book, Railroaded: Confessions of a Railway Bad Boy. His writing has appeared in The New Yorker, Harper's, Best American Nonrequired Reading, and many other publications. He lives in New York City.

Blessings always come in the silence of learning at the...
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Blessings always come in the silence of learning at the hand of God John M Sheehan
Boxes of religion I avoid as I embrace the freedom...
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Boxes of religion I avoid as I embrace the freedom that Christ gave me at great cost upon the cross John M Sheehan
Pushing and passing to find my way to you my...
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Pushing and passing to find my way to you my Lord, holding you in my prayers is feeling you and to feel you is to lose all fear John M Sheehan
Love Is Elusive When We Never Live The Word We...
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Love Is Elusive When We Never Live The Word We Speak John M Sheehan
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Yes, the depth of truth unfolding like a rose bud in the morning hours to show its beauty when the sun does warm the pedals releasing the scent of love is something to be noticed from one heart made new again from darkness to light John M Sheehan
From a heart of stone, to a heart of flesh,...
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From a heart of stone, to a heart of flesh, love makes new what sin makes old John M Sheehan
Oh the heat of love takes away the chill of...
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Oh the heat of love takes away the chill of yesterdays sorrow and pain John M Sheehan
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Put your interest in the future, because you're going to spend the rest of your life there and make sure in this future you will be found in the loving arms of Christ John M Sheehan
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Pain, of whatever kind, is real, vulnerable, and delicate; so walk in love today and be a healer with a smile John M Sheehan
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A true Christian only falls upward and not backward John M Sheehan
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Moments of the Spirit of God creates wonderful words of wisdom from above uttered by mere vessels of clay John M Sheehan
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Sometimes I truly wish folks would learn to meditate on what they read being more proactive and less reactive for in so doing a humble heart will be found and wisdom from above will be sure to follow them all the days of their lives John M Sheehan
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I love sharing the wisdom and knowledge of God's word and the spirit of it all He has put on the inside of me teaching me the most valuable thing I have learned from life is to regret nothing in Christ John M Sheehan
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Resting in God's unchanging love today as I embrace His living word with His seed of wisdom and knowledge unfolding a life deep in me changing me day by day into His likeness John M Sheehan
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Your friendship is like a kiss that makes my heart young again and wipes out the years of darkness and destruction sure does remind me of Joel 2:25 John M Sheehan
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This living light found in books and letters showing us the mind and heart of God; love written in letters also flowing with blood let's us see into the past and future alike giving hope, faith, and love on every page writing a never ending story on the hearts of men, women, and children alike who receive such truth and follow this light. John M Sheehan
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Oh, the mystery when two souls become one united in love and sealed by an amazing God can not be seen or understood by the word of love for it is only seen in the action of love from above kissed with a hope and dressed in faith embraced by what can not be seen John M Sheehan
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When you embrace the things you do not understand, you understand what is embraced John M Sheehan
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I serve the God of Isaiah 45:7 so when the darkness comes who gets your praises? John M Sheehan
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God tells us to seize every day as an adventure in His loving arms and in so doing our spirits will soar when we discover His wonderful gifts along this narrow way John M Sheehan
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Let's get mind stretched by God's love letters written just for you John M Sheehan
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Strange, as we find that alongside growing secularism in science and politics, growing materialism in the industrial revolution, and growing self-reliance in the world God becomes rejected by the world and Christians alike accepting an alternative God and yet time and time again we will find a great spiritual awakening and a great global advancement of the gospel of Jesus being birth. John M Sheehan
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To think that one morning we will open our eyes and see Jesus for who He really is living a good morning for all of eternity John M Sheehan
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We need to be making disciples telling people about Jesus & move them beyond conversation into a heart relationship with Him in the fullness John M Sheehan
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When a word of God is spoken it will always be personal and yet we will find it touching the lives of others in some most amazing ways John M Sheehan
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O, the sheer magnificence of words that come together like waves upon a beach, each telling its own story is a life worthy to be read John M Sheehan
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Through the fields and daisies and tall warm grass, my Lord Jesus as time meets eternity our lives will be perfect, and will never pass holding on forever a love that has no end. John M Sheehan
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If you are going to be a prophet why not say things that bring love into your life! Think about Philippians 4:8. John M Sheehan
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Bowing His head, this lover of my soul bleed for that last time glorified in the death of my sins; alive evermore in the loving forgiveness of one like me. John M Sheehan
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Does the silents of love cry out in your heart today? Words that can not be spoken, calling out to you; a voice so tender and sweet wanting to tell you the secrets of life, crying out to you with a love so deep. It's the voice of the Father wanting to embrace you with all that He is, just say yes Lord I hear! John M Sheehan
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My Strength, My Portion, My Life is found in the overwhelming love of God by, in, and through Christ Jesus! John M Sheehan
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Feeling tired of your four walls? Jesus commanded us to "GO", not sit! (Mark 16:15) Just saying! John M Sheehan
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Every teardrop that falls from your chin, God will catch in the palms of His hands! John M Sheehan
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The storms of yesterday and today can cause of to think of the storms of tomorrow being a deception to never see the light of today John M Sheehan
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Satanic blindness comes from the influence of human teachers who teach from head knowledge and not heart knowledge combined. John M Sheehan
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Chance, Luck, Coincidence - All true; they happen! But behind them, all is a loving God in camouflage but are you in camouflage doing nothing at all? John M Sheehan
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After sounding a lot like other people in my decades of past I have found my own voice when I realized I needed Christ and in so doing I am becoming just like Him as time marches on. John M Sheehan
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Be happy in the day - Today is enough - Each moment is all we need in the today given and not the tomorrow to come John M Sheehan
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The deception of the world's ways is a prison till you find the key that will set you free John M Sheehan
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Perfect the art of the pause for this is when the Holy Spirit speaks. Pausing creates white space in a conversation that enables the Holy Spirit to sort out our thoughts before we let out our words of life or death. John M Sheehan