Quotes about Sacrifice

God's grace is not a grandfatherly display of "niceness," for it cost the exorbitant price of Calvary.

God shattered the inexorable law of sin and retribution by invading earth, absorbing the worst we had to offer, crucifixion, and then fashioning from that cruel deed the remedy for the human condition. Calvary broke up the logjam between justice and forgiveness. By accepting onto his innocent self all the severe demands of justice, Jesus broke forever the chain of ungrace.

As Christ's body on earth we are compelled to move, as he did, toward those who hurt. That has been God's consistent movement in all history.

We'll stay true to God only if our love becomes a decision.

On the one hand God passionately loved the people he had made; on the other hand, God had a terrible urge to destroy the evil that enslaved them. On the cross, God resolved that inner conflict, for there God's Son absorbed the destructive force and transformed it into love.

Sometimes the divine intervention of God means breaking allegiance with what you love.

blessing. • When you consider your level of willingness to give of yourself, does it reveal more contentment or discontentment residing

God can have our money and not have our hearts, but He cannot have our hearts without having our money.

Our devotion must culminate in a conscious yielding of every part of our personality, every ambition, every relationship, and every hope to Him. This done, we have reached the apex of personal devotion

God can have our money and not have our hearts, but He cannot have our hearts without having all our money.

The only way to get what you ultimately want is to deny yourself short-term pleasures that interfere with your goal.

Also, the Israelites must have admired this man who chose to be one of them, when he could have led an utterly charmed life as an Egyptian prince.