Joshua

“However, this saving grace can be stunted. We can stop at this point where we will be actually saved; but, we will not be working out our salvation with fear and trembling (Phil. 2:12). The person can live and die only at the stage of being saved and Christ will not be formed in him. If this happens, we will be infants in Christ; we will live a very superficial Christian life and a life that is full of struggles and conflicts. Paul calls it a life according to the flesh and in other places in the Bible it is called the state of spiritual childhood.”
― Atef Meshreky, The Inner Man & the Formation of Christ

“Jesus gives Himself freely and completely to us, and He allows us to keep Him-our treasure in earthen vessels–even though He's fully sovereign.

His life is ours when we're fully His.”
― Father Elisha, The Legend of the Divine Calendar

“If a man and a woman marry in order to be companions on the journey from earth to heaven, then their union will bring great joy to themselves and to others.”
― John Chrysostom, On Living Simply: The Golden Voice of John Chrysostom

“The true aim of our Christian life consists in the acquisition of the Holy Spirit of God. As for fasts, and vigils, and prayer, and almsgiving, and every good deed done for Christ's sake, they are only means of acquiring the Holy Spirit of God.”
― Seraphim of Sarov