BJ

“Will my love for Jesus still be as loud when I’m surrounded by people who hate him?”
― Preston Perry, How to Tell the Truth: The Story of How God Saved Me to Win Hearts—Not Just Arguments

“It is a state not of the feelings but of the will; that state of the will which we have naturally about ourselves, and must learn to have about other people.”
― C.S. Lewis, Mere Christianity

“We made our own decisions and followed our own course. To demonstrate God’s providential care, He blessed our plans and let them work. But when we grow up and become mature Christians, we sometimes have to do things we don’t particularly want to do in the natural realm, in obedience to God’s directions. God no longer blesses and prospers our childish plans and schemes.”
― Joyce Meyer, Be Anxious for Nothing: The Art of Casting Your Cares and Resting in God

“The definition of a coward is one who lacks courage to endure dangerous or unpleasant things—things like a cross and the weight of carrying one.”
― Preston Perry, How to Tell the Truth: The Story of How God Saved Me to Win Hearts—Not Just Arguments