If someone believes he is without affection for an object, but is saddened by its removal, then he is merely tricking himself.
“Need-love cries to God from our poverty; Gift-love longs to serve, or even to suffer for, God; Appreciative love says: “We give thanks to thee for thy great glory.”
― The Four Loves
― The Four Loves
“Never be satisfied with where you are in the area of spiritual growth. Cultivate an insatiability for more of God by examining your weaknesses, beholding the perfection of Christ, and finding good examples of strengths you want to develop.”
― To Live Is Christ to Die Is Gain
― To Live Is Christ to Die Is Gain
“Alexander Maclaren writes: "This man, before he was four-and-twenty hours a disciple, had made another. Some of you have been disciples for as many years, and have never even tried to make one."3”
― Jesus the Evangelist: Learning to Share the Gospel from the Book of John
― Jesus the Evangelist: Learning to Share the Gospel from the Book of John
“The gospel of Jesus Christ is worth living for, yes, and it is worth dying for, of course, but we show it is supremely valuable to us when we deny ourselves and take up our crosses to be a blessing to the people who the gospel is calling us to.”
― To Live Is Christ to Die Is Gain
― To Live Is Christ to Die Is Gain
“Men and women of faith should be the first to argue that God does not need federal funds to do his work. When they get involved in charitable work, it’s usually with the knowledge that a change of heart will often do more than a welfare check to conquer poverty. They focus on changing hearts, one heart at a time.”
― For the Least of These: A Biblical Answer to Poverty
― For the Least of These: A Biblical Answer to Poverty
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