Chris Malone

“For a man does not serve that he may put men under obligations. He does not distinguish between friends and enemies or anticipate their thankfulness or unthankfulness, but he most freely and most willingly spends himself and all that he has, whether he wastes all on the thankless or whether he gains a reward.”
― Martin Luther, On Christian Liberty

“I will therefore give myself as a Christ to my neighbor, just as Christ offered himself to me; I will do nothing in this life except what I see is necessary, profitable, and salutary to my neighbor, since through faith I have an abundance of all good things in Christ.”
― Martin Luther, On Christian Liberty

“God, like a father, doesn’t just give advice. He gives himself. He becomes the husband to the grieving widow (Isaiah 54:5). He becomes the comforter to the barren woman (Isaiah 54:1). He becomes the father of the orphaned (Psalm 10:14). He becomes the bridegroom to the single person (Isaiah 62:5). He is the healer to the sick (Exodus 15:26). He is the wonderful counselor to the confused and depressed (Isaiah 9:6).”
― Randy Alcorn, If God Is Good: Faith in the Midst of Suffering and Evil

“blessed is the one whom God reproves; therefore despise not the discipline of the Almighty. 18‡For he wounds, but he binds up; he shatters, but his hands heal.”
― Anonymous, Holy Bible - ESV MacArthur Study Bible