Quotes about Sacrifice

Today there is less emphasis on redemption by the blood of Christ.

Though the cross repels, it also attracts. It possesses a magnetic quality.

Today the idea of the shed blood of Christ is becoming old-fashioned and out of date in a lot of preaching. It is in the Bible. It is the very heart of Christianity.

Peter preached about [the blood]. Paul wrote about it, and the redeemed in heaven sing about it. In a sense, the New Testament is the Book of the Blood.

To take up your cross means to associate yourself with Christ and to share His rejection. It means you take a stand for Christ even though people make fun of you, persecute you—or even kill you!

To suffer for the faith is not a penalty; it is a privilege.

A real Christian is the one who can give his pet parrot to the town gossip.

Christ not only died for all: He died for each.

Remember: He WANTS your fellowship, and He has done everything possible to make it a reality. He has forgiven your sins, at the cost of His own dear Son. He has given you His Word, and the priceless privilege of prayer and worship.

Love actually is a great act of the will. It's when I say, "I desire your good, not for my sake but for yours". To love is to break out of the black hole of the ego and say, "My life is about you".

I've NEVER met anybody who has become incredibly successful in any area of their life until they have suffered, and sweat, and sacrificed and kept their focus and fought through tears and trials and tests. If you have a dream and you commit to it it will come to pass!

Live for yourself and you will live in vain; Live for others, and you will live again.