17. Psalm 16:11.
18. Philippians 2:12.
19. See Hebrews 12:2.
20. See Matthew 27:26.
21. “Jesus’ Nails,” All About Jesus Christ, www.allaboutjesuschrist.org/jesus-nails-faq.htm.
22. See 2 Corinthians 5:21.
23. See 2 Samuel 12:16–18.
24. See Acts 2:26, MSG.
25. This account was told to the author by Dan Beutler and is used with the Beutlers’ permission.
26. See Psalm 35:1.
27. See Psalm 32:7.
28. See Romans 8:34.
29. See Colossians 2:14.
30. See Psalm 17:8.
31. Psalm 5:1, HCSB.
32. Psalm 5:1, HCSB.
33. See Romans 8:26.
34. See Lamentations 3:22–23.
35. Job 1:20.
36. Darrell Evans, “Trading My Sorrows,” Integrity’s Hosanna! Music, 1998.
37. Jason Ingram, David Leonard, and Leslie Jordan, “Great Are You, Lord,” Integrity’s Alleluia! Music, 2012.
38. See John 1:12; Psalm 17:8; Luke 19:10; Romans 8:37; 2 Corinthians 5:17; Philippians 3:8–9; 4:13.
Epilogue: The Whisper Test
1. George Vaillant, Triumphs of Experience: The Men of the Harvard Grant Study (Cambridge, MA: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2012), 43.
2. Vaillant, Triumphs of Experience, 42.
3. Vaillant, Triumphs of Experience, 52.
4. Vaillant, Triumphs of Experience, 50.
5. See Isaiah 9:6; Matthew 28:19; John 14:6.
6. 1 John 4:16.
7. A. W. Tozer, The Knowledge of the Holy (New York: HarperOne, 1961), 1.
8. Justin Welby, “ ‘The Only Certainty in the World Is Jesus Christ’—Archbishop Speaks at New Wine Conference,” Archbishop of Canterbury, March 7, 2016, www.archbishopofcanterbury.org/articles.php/5680/the-only-certainty-in-the-world-is-jesus-christ-archbishop-speaks-at-new-wine-conference.
9. This story has been quoted and misquoted, but I believe it to be a true story based on e-mail confirmation from Bird’s daughters. You can find those e-mail messages at Brian, “On Compassion: The Whisper Test,” Leader Helps, February 6, 2017, http://leaderhelps.com/2017/02/06/on-compassion-the-whisper-test/.
10. Mary Ann Bird, quoted in Brian, “On Compassion.”
11. Bird, quoted in Brian, “On Compassion.”
12. “How a Mother’s Voice Shapes Her Baby’s Developing Brain,” Aeon, https://aeon.co/ideas/how-a-mother-s-voice-shapes-her-baby-s-developing-brain.
13. See Psalm 139:13, 16; Philippians 1:6.
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